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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 httpLucifer's skybox thanks to the SLackerBot.

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Upcoming chats

2006.10.22 The relation between intelligence and morality

2006.10.27 Immortality


Future Chat Topics

The death penalty debate

The abortion debate

Our culture's myths

httpDemocratic Transhumanism

What is evil?

What is spirtuality?

When is violence necessary?

Measuring intelligence

Personal identity and consciousness

Insanity

The wisdom of crowds

What makes a good decision?

What is law?

Nanotechnology

Propaganda

Race and racism

Group selection

Discrimination laws

Merits of patents

Buddhism

The environmental movement

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?


Chat Logs

2006.10.15 - Possible futures - httpchat log

2006.10.08 - The perfect weapon - httpchat log

2006.10.01 - How should animals be treated? - httpchat log

2006.09.24 - Self-ownership and body rights - httpchat log

2006.09.17 - Memestorm! marketing transhumanism - httpchat log

2006.09.10 - Genetic engineering - httpchat log

2006.09.03 - The necessity of suffering - httpchat log

2006.08.27 - Objective morality - httpchat log

2006.08.20 - The ethics of human augmentation.- httpchat log

2006.08.13 - The politics of virtual identity - httpchat log

2006.07.30 - Children and the Singularity - httpchat log

2006.07.23 - httpEngineering Transcendence - httpchat log

2006.07.16 - Is Existentialism a waste of time? - httpchat log

2006.07.09 - The relation between rationality and happiness - httpchat log

2006.07.02 - Rational strategies for irrationality - httpchat log

* long break *

2005.04.26 - What is spirituality? - httpchat log

2005.04.19 - Why do males rule? - httpchat log

2005.04.12 - The value of a promise - httpchat log

2005.04.05 - What if you were pope? - httpchat log

2005.03.29 - Crime and punishment - httpchat log

2005.03.22 - Right to die - httpchat log

2005.03.15 - Dogmatistm - httpchat log

2005.03.08 - A decade of Virus - httpchat log

2004.12.07 - Addiction - httpchat log

2004.11.30 - A nation of savages - httpchat log

2004.11.16 - What do you fear? - httpchat log

2004.11.09 - httpThe Road to Fascism - httpchat log

2004.11.02 - US Election - httpchat log

2004.09.14 - Circle of empathy - httpchat log

2004.09.07 - The foundations of civilization - httpchat log

2004.08.31 - When is self-deception rational? - httpchat log

2004.08.24 - Proactionary principle - httpchat log

2004.08.17 - Climate change - httpchat log

2004.08.10 - Animal rights - httpchat log

2004.08.03 - The problem with education - httpchat log

2004.07.27 - The future of war - httpchat log

2004.07.20 - Fahrenheit 9/11 - httpchat log

2004.07.13 - Future of biotech - httpchat log

2004.07.06 - Free speech - httpchat log

2004.06.29 - httpCollective volition - httpchat log

2004.06.22 - Private space exploration - httpchat log

2004.06.15 - Recruiting women - httpchat log

2004.06.08 - Social software - httpchat log

2004.06.01 - Libertarianism makes you stupid - httpchat log

2004.05.25 - Merits of elitism - httpchat log

2004.05.18 - What should be free? - httpchat log

2004.05.11 - Who Matters? - httpchat log

2004.05.04 - What Matters? - httpchat log

2004.04.27 - Conflict Resolution Revisited - httpchat log

2004.04.20 - Uploading and Consciousness - httpchat log

2004.04.13 - Crime and Punishment - httpchat log

2004.04.06 - Gun Control - httpchat log

2004.03.30 - Conflict Resolution - httpchat log

2004.03.23 - Values and Utility - httpchat log

2004.03.16 - Poverty and Global Inequality - httpchat log

2004.03.09 - When does the end justify the means? - httpchat log

2004.03.02 - The Future of Sex - httpchat log

2004.02.24 - When does someone become rational? - httpchat log

2004.02.17 - The Future of Leisure - httpchat log

2004.02.10 - Ethics of Proselytization - httpchat log

2004.02.03 - Modern Luddites - httpchat log

2004.01.20 - Taboos - httpchat log

2004.01.13 - What is the purpose of principles? - httpchat log

2004.01.06 - Apathy and Irony - httpchat log

2003.12.23 - Can information be owned? - httpchat log

2003.12.16 - Immortality: the Virian perspective - httpchat log

2003.12.09 - Personal responsibility - httpchat log

2003.12.02 - The teleosophy of Radiance - httpchat log

2003.11.25 - How attached are you to your body? - httpchat log

2003.11.18 - Defining atheism - httpchat log

2003.11.11 - Improving Meridion - httpchat log

2003.11.04 - httpSex, Drugs and Cults- httpchat log

2003.10.28 - Socialism vs. Capitalism - httpchat log

2003.10.21 - Criticizing Meridion - httpchat log

2003.10.14 - Responding to httpNot So 'Bright' - httpchat log

2003.10.07 - DisciplinaryProcess - httpchat log

2003.10.05 - Ideohazard #2 - httpchat log

2003.09.30 - VR, the Fed, and other randomness - httpchat log

2003.09.23 - Virian Village - httpchat log

2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning - httpchat log

2003.09.09 - Why be good? - httpchat log

2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - httpchat log

2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - httpchat log

2003.08.19 - Disownment - httpchat log

2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - httpchat log

2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - httpchat log

2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - httpchat log

2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - httpchat log

2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - httpchat log

2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - httpchat log

2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - httpchat log

2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - httpchat log

2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know? - httpchat log

2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"? - httpchat log

2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - httpchat log

2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - httpchat log

2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - httpchat log

2003.05.06 - How to influence people - httpchat log

2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - httpchat log

2003.04.25 - httpDown And Out... - httpchat log

2003.04.22 - What is interwikitruth? - httpchat log

2003.04.18 - Cults - httpchat log

2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - httpchat log

2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - httpchat log

2003.04.04 - MOPI - httpchat log

2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - httpchat log

2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - httpchat log

2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- httpchat log

2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - httpchat log

2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - httpchat log

2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - httpchat log

2003.02.25 - httpThe Escalator of Reason - httpchat log

2003.02.23 - httpThe Escalator of Reason - httpchat log

2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - httpchat log

2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - httpchat log

2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - httpchat log

2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - httpchat log

2003.02.04 - When it UTism reasonable? - httpchat log

2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - httpchat log

2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - httpchat log

2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - httpchat log


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