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Newer page: version 173 Last edited on Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:41:24 am. by DavidLucifer
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 ! When 
  
-There are two weekly CoV chats, one on Tuesdays at 2100h CST, the other on Fridays at 2300h GMT has been intermittent
+The weekly CoV chat is on Sundays at 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MST, 6pm GMT, 10am in SecondLife. The chat takes place simultaneously in the VirusChannel and [Lucifer's skybox | http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hobak/43/173/281/] thanks to the SLackerBot
  
 Everyone is welcome to [join the chat | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chat]. 
  
-!Upcoming chats  
+----  
  
-Tuesday 2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church   
-Community  
+!Future chats  
  
-Tuesday 2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"?  
  
-Tuesday 2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know?  
+----  
  
+!Chat Logs  
  
-----   
-! Future Chat Topics  
+2006.12.10 - Rational goals - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006 -12 -10;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
+2006.12.03 - E-prime - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-03;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]  
  
-Summarize Virus : How would you summarize the core beliefs of the CoV
+2006.11.26 - Aesthetics - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-26;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Best Books : What are the most important books to recommend
+2006.11.19 - Model agnosticism - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-19;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Postmodernism : What is it? Does it say anything of value
+2006.11.12 - Atheism vs. agnosticism - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-12;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Value : What is it? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life
+2006.11.05 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 2) - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-05;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Free Will : Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences?  
+2006.10.29 - postponed due to [Lucas Darwin | http ://www.lucasdarwin.com ]  
  
-Rationality : what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not
+2006.10.22 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 1) - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-22;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Crime and Punishment : Is it rational to punish transgressors
+2006.10.15 - Possible futures - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-15;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out -dated? Can we conceive of something better
+2006.10.08 - The perfect weapon - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-08;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Space: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go ? What are the consequences of not
+2006.10.01 - How should animals be treated ? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-01;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Fairness : What is fair? What is justice
+2006.09.24 - Self-ownership and body rights - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-24;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Elitism : Is it better to appeal to the masses or the elite
+2006.09.17 - Memestorm! marketing transhumanism - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-17;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Community Tech : What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc
+2006.09.10 - Genetic engineering - [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-10;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-VirusBookClub : Let's pick a book to discuss
+2006.09.03 - The necessity of suffering - [chat log | http ://www .churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-03;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Faith : Remember the old faith /phaith /dogma wars? Time for an update
+2006.08.27 - Objective morality - [chat log | http ://www .churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-27;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Saints : Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint
+2006.08.20 - The ethics of human augmentation.- [chat log | http ://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-20;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-IP rights : Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright) . What would happen
+2006.08.13 - The politics of virtual identity - [chat log | http ://www .churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-13;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Empathy : what role does it play especially when it can be used as a weapon ... 
+2006.07.30 - Children and the Singularity - [chat log | http ://www .churchofvirus .org/bbs/index .php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-30;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-Fill in the blanks : Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to be _ _ _ _ . 
+2006.07.23 - [Engineering Transcendence | http ://uvvy.com/index.php/Engineering _Transcendence] - [chat log | http://www .churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-23;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-What is the role of myth in today's society
+2006.07.16 - Is Existentialism a waste of time ? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-16;time=11:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid ? How can we increase intelligence
+2006.07.09 - The relation between rationality and happiness - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-09;time=11:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2006.07.02 - Rational strategies for irrationality - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-02;time=11:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+*** long break ***   
+   
+2005.04.26 - What is spirituality? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-26;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.04.19 - Why do males rule? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-19;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.04.12 - The value of a promise - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-12;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.04.05 - What if you were pope? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-05;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.03.29 - Crime and punishment - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-29;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.03.22 - Right to die - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-22;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.03.15 - Dogmatistm - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-15;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2005.03.08 - A decade of Virus - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-08;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.12.07 - Addiction - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-12-07;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.11.30 - A nation of savages - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-30;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.11.16 - What do you fear? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-16;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.11.09 - [The Road to Fascism | http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/11/6/9523/36989 ] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-09;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.11.02 - US Election - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-02;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.09.14 - Circle of empathy - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-09-14;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.09.07 - The foundations of civilization - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-09-07;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.08.31 - When is self-deception rational? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-31;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.08.24 - Proactionary principle - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-24;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.08.17 - Climate change - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-17;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.08.10 - Animal rights - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-10;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.08.03 - The problem with education - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-03;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.07.27 - The future of war - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-27;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.07.20 - Fahrenheit 9/11 - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-20;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.07.13 - Future of biotech - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-13;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.07.06 - Free speech - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-06;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.06.29 - [Collective volition | http://sl4.org/bin/wiki.pl?CollectiveVolition] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-29;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.06.22 - Private space exploration - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-22;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.06.15 - Recruiting women - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-15;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.06.08 - Social software - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-08;time=18:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.06.01 - Libertarianism makes you stupid - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-01;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.05.25 - Merits of elitism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.05.18 - What should be free? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.05.11 - Who Matters? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.05.04 - What Matters? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-04;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.04.27 - Conflict Resolution Revisited - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-27;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.04.20 - Uploading and Consciousness - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-20;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.04.13 - Crime and Punishment - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-13;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.04.06 - Gun Control - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-06;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.03.30 - Conflict Resolution - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-30;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.03.23 - Values and Utility - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-23;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.03.16 - Poverty and Global Inequality - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-16;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.03.09 - When does the end justify the means? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-09;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.03.02 - The Future of Sex - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-02;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.02.24 - When does someone become rational? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-24;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.02.17 - The Future of Leisure - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-17;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.02.10 - Ethics of Proselytization - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-10;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.02.03 - Modern Luddites - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-03;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.01.20 - Taboos - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-20;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.01.13 - What is the purpose of principles? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-13;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2004.01.06 - Apathy and Irony - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-06;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.12.23 - Can information be owned? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-23;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.12.16 - Immortality: the Virian perspective - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-16;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.12.09 - Personal responsibility - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-09;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.12.02 - The teleosophy of Radiance - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-02;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.11.25 - How attached are you to your body? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.11.18 - Defining atheism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.11.11 - Improving [Meridion] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.11.04 - [Sex, Drugs and Cults | http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/cults.html]- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-04;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.10.28 - Socialism vs. Capitalism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-28;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.10.21 - Criticizing [Meridion] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-21;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.10.14 - Responding to [Not So 'Bright' | http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004153] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-14;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.10.07 - DisciplinaryProcess - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-07;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.10.05 - Ideohazard #2 - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-05;time=17:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.09.30 - VR, the Fed, and other randomness - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-30;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.09.23 - Virian Village - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-23;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-16;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.09.09 - Why be good? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-09;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-02;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-26;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.08.19 - Disownment - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-19;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-12;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-05;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-29;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-22;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-15;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-08;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-01;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-24;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge ? How do we know? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-17;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science" ? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-10;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-03;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-27;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-13;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.05.06 - How to influence people - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-06;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-29;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.25 - [Down And Out... | http://www.craphound.com/down/download.php] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-25;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.22 - What is [truth | WikiPedia:Truth]? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-22;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.18 - Cults - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-18;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-15;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-08;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.04 - MOPI - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23mopi;date=2003-04-04;time=19:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-01;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-21;time=16:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-14;time=16:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.25 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.23 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-23;time=07:;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-16;time=07:;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-09;time=07:;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.02.04 - When it [UTism] reasonable? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-04;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-28;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-21;time=20:00;start=;max=30]   
+   
+2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-14;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
  
-How do you know you are not in a sim?  
  
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-!Chat Logs  
+! Future Chat Topics  
  
-Tuesday 2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-27;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Charity  
  
-Tuesday 2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-13;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Marriage and divorce  
  
-Tuesday 2003.05.06 - How to influence people - [chat log | http ://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-06;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Robin Hood : hero or villain
  
-Tuesday 2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-29;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+The paradox of freeloading  
  
-Friday 2003.04.25 - [Down And Out... | http://www.craphound.com/down/download.php] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-25;time=19:00;start=;max=30]  
+The death penalty debate  
  
-Tuesday 2003.04.22 - What is [truth | WikiPedia:Truth]? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-22;time=19:00;start=;max=30]  
+The abortion debate  
  
-Friday 2003.04.18 - Cults - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-18;time=19:00;start=;max=30]  
+Our culture's myths  
  
-Tuesday 2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - [chat log | http://virus .lucifer .com/bbs /index .php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-15;time=20:00;start=;max=30
+[Democratic Transhumanism | http://www .changesurfer .com/Acad /DemocraticTranshumanism .htm
  
-Tuesday 2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-08;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+What is evil
  
-Friday 2003.04.04 - MOPI - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23mopi;date=2003-04-04;time=19:00;start=;max=30]  
+What is spirtuality
  
-Tuesday 2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal ? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-01;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+When is violence necessary
  
-Tuesday 2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Measuring intelligence  
  
-Friday 2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-21;time=16:00;start=;max=30]  
+Personal identity and consciousness  
  
-Tuesday 2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Insanity  
  
-Friday 2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-14;time=16:00;start=;max=30]  
+The wisdom of crowds  
  
-Tuesday 2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+What makes a good decision
  
-Tuesday 2003.02.25 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+What is law
  
-Sunday 2003.02.23 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-23;time=07:;start=;max=30]  
+Nanotechnology  
  
-Tuesday 2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Propaganda  
  
-Sunday 2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-16;time=07:;start=;max=30]  
+Race and racism  
  
-Tuesday 2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Group selection  
  
-Sunday 2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-09;time=07:;start=;max=30]  
+Discrimination laws  
  
-Tuesday 2003.02.04 - When it [UTism] reasonable? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-04;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Merits of patents  
  
-Tuesday 2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-28;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+Buddhism  
  
-Tuesday 2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-21;time=20:00;start=;max=30]  
+The environmental movement  
  
-Tuesday 2003 .01 .14 - The meaning of life - [chat log | http ://virus.lucifer .com /bbs /index .php ?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-14;time=20 :00;start=;max=30]  
+The ethics of artifical intelligence .   
+   
+Are there any smart drugs?   
+   
+Human nature and the blank slate .   
+   
+What does it mean to be human, transhuman, posthuman?   
+   
+What is the relation between math and the world?   
+   
+What are the interesting implications of Godel's incompleteness theorem?   
+   
+Summarize Virus: How would you summarize the core beliefs of the CoV?   
+   
+Best Books: What are the most important books to recommend?   
+   
+Value: What is it? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life  
+   
+Free Will: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences?   
+   
+Rationality: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not?   
+   
+Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out -dated? Can we conceive of something better?   
+   
+Space : Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not?   
+   
+Community Tech: What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc?   
+   
+VirusBookClub: Let's pick a book to discuss .   
+   
+Faith: Remember the old faith /phaith /dogma wars? Time for an update .   
+   
+Saints: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint ?   
+   
+IP rights : Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright). What would happen?   
+   
+Empathy: what role does it play especially when it can be used as a weapon...   
+   
+Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to be _ _ _ _ .   
+   
+What is the role of myth in today's society?   
+   
+What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid? How can we increase intelligence?