This promises to be a hot button issue, but I'm very interested to hear opinions on the matter.
Votes are great, but comments are greater.
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Going back to the naming of the institute the debate ahas raged whether to focus on the definable and achievable short term gains or the *perfect ideal* of the goal of immortality.
This debate mimics the quest for perfection in the self. There is that which can be pragmatically achieved and that which defines direction in an ideal sense but is not pragmatically achievable.
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Aah, you are right. I hadn't thought of it like that, thanks Funk. [thumb]Extensionism could mean more than that, as in, extension of the human experience, extension of human capabilities, etc
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but are we really wanting to tailor our message to all the sheeple out there?
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Extensionism. Sounds too much like Existentialism.
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 12:29 AM
How about "We Don't Want to Die Inc."
Immortalism. Blech. Still conveys us as a lunatic fringe promoting pseudo-science.
Extensionism. Sounds too much like Existentialism.
Negligible Senescense. Too scientific and I'm sure few people will understand the phrase and worse even be intimidated by it.
Posted 06 June 2006 - 12:37 AM
Posted 06 June 2006 - 02:15 AM
Well said.I like immortalism and extensionism both, but immortalism seems to me to focus on a broader range of issues (Singularity, cryonics, curing aging, etc.) rather just on extending current lifespans, as extensionism seems to imply.
This is true, but you are looking at it from Our perspective. Do you believe that the common man will understand Extensionism to be along the same lines as what you or I may see Extensionism to be? I believe that Immortalism gives a much clearer picture of our goal.Extensionism could mean more than that, as in, extension of the human experience, extension of human capabilities, etc
Posted 06 June 2006 - 04:37 AM
Do you believe that the common man will understand Extensionism to be along the same lines as what you or I may see Extensionism to be? I believe that Immortalism gives a much clearer picture of our goal.
Posted 06 June 2006 - 04:54 AM
Oh, no doubt. PR is a must if this community is to grow. It's just a matter of how far we are to go.Therefore we must not allow ourselves to become disconnected from the public and the scientific community merely to indulge the fantasies of a few.
Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:15 AM
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