| 2006-08-20 11:00:01
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| 11:00:01 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: awsome |
| 11:00:02 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: hehhe |
| 11:00:12 | WW | have there been any SL updates in the last few days? |
| 11:00:20 | SLacker | Sat Batra: nope WW |
| 11:00:21 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: We're recruiting new smokers now |
| 11:00:23 | WW | k |
| 11:00:28 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: who tha hell is ww? |
| 11:00:32 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: OK, time to start? |
| 11:00:35 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: I've got 10am |
| 11:00:42 | SLacker | Sat Batra: guess so |
| 11:00:51 | SLacker | Sat Batra: I thought people were going to show up |
| 11:00:56 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: The topic this week is "The ethics of human augmentation" |
| 11:01:25 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: This was inspired by a panel discussion at the recent Transvision 06 |
| 11:01:34 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: Specificially something Dr J mentioned |
| 11:01:59 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: He compared imminent tech enhancements to weapons |
| 11:02:31 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: He noted that we already place restrictions on what weapons people can have because "we all agree that some people shouldn't have too much power over others" |
| 11:02:44 | SLacker | Sat Batra: specially bigsin there |
| 11:02:46 | WW | Seems to me society has already embraced human augmentation and put their collective stamp of ethical approval on it....ie. Viagra |
| 11:02:50 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: Is the analogy valid? |
| 11:03:00 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: heh |
| 11:03:08 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: so wait one sec |
| 11:03:10 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: If so, for which kinds of augmentation? |
| 11:03:31 | SLacker | Sat Batra: huh |
| 11:03:34 | SLacker | Lucifer Darrow: Obviously we allow corrective tech like eyeglasses and hearing aids |
| 11:03:37 | WW | well, hard-ons are ok to augment it would seem |
| 11:03:38 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: human augmentation?like plastic surgery and such? |
| 11:03:44 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: ohhhhh |
| 11:03:46 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: i c |
| 11:03:52 | SLacker | BiGSiN Wormser: cyborgs |
| 11:03:58 | SLacker | Sat Batra: well the outlaw in me says making things illegal only makes them accessable to governments and outlaws. |
