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-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 CastleRadiance 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
+2007.02.11
- The Utility of Fantasy
- [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007
-02
-11;time=11:00;start=;max=30]
+2007.02.04 - Privacy vs. Transparency - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-02-04;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
-Summarize Virus
: How would you summarize the core beliefs of the CoV
?
+2007.01.28 - Discrimination Rights - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-28;time=11:00;start=;max=30]
-Best Books
: What are the most important books to recommend
?
+2007.01.21 - Paradox of freeloading - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-21;time=11:00;start=;max=30]
-Postmodernism
: What is it? Does it say anything of value
?
+2007.01.14 - Reconsidering proselytization strategies - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-14;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
?
+2007.01.07 - Considering genetic goals - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-07;time=11:00;start=;max=30]
-Free Will
: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences
?
+2006.12.31 - Looking back, looking forward - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-31;time=11:00;start=;max=30]
-Rationality
: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not
?
+2006.12.24 - Charity - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-24;time=13:00;start=;max=30]
-Crime and Punishment
: Is it rational to punish transgressors
?
+2006.12.17 - Time travel - [chat log | http
://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-17;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?
+2006.12.10 - 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]
-Space
: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not
?
+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=;max=30]
-Fairness
: What is fair? What is justice
?
+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]
-Elitism
: Is it better to appeal to the masses or the elite
?
+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]
-Community Tech
: What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc
?
+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]
-VirusBookClub
: Let's pick a book to discuss
.
+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]
-Faith
: Remember the old faith
/phaith
/dogma wars? Time for an update
.
+2006.10.29 - postponed due to [Lucas Darwin | http
://www.lucasdarwin
.com ]
-Saints
: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint
?
+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]
-IP rights
: Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright)
. What would happen
?
+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]
-Empathy: what role does it play especially when it can be used as a
weapon...
+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]
-Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to
be _ _ _ _
.
+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]
-What is the role of myth in today's society
?
+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]
-What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone
is being intelligent or stupid
? How can we increase intelligence
?
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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]
+
+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?
----
-!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]
+Marriage and divorce
-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]
+Robin Hood
: hero or villain
?
-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]
+The death penalty debate
-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 abortion debate
-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]
+Our culture's myths
-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
]
+[Democratic Transhumanism
| http://www
.changesurfer
.com/Acad
/DemocraticTranshumanism
.htm
]
-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]
+What is evil
?
-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]
+What is spirtuality
?
-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]
+When is violence necessary
?
-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]
+Measuring intelligence
-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]
+Personal identity and consciousness
-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]
+Insanity
-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]
+The wisdom of crowds
-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]
+What makes a good decision
?
-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]
+What is law
?
-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]
+Nanotechnology
-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]
+Propaganda
-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]
+Race and racism
-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]
+Group selection
-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]
+Merits of patents
-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]
+Buddhism
-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]
+The environmental movement
-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]
+The ethics of artifical intelligence
.
-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]
+Are there any smart drugs
?
-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]
+Human nature and the blank slate
.
-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]
+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?
