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The weekly CoV chat is on Sundays at 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MST, 6pm GMT. The chat takes place in the VirusChannel.

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Chat Logs


2011.03.13 - Dominion theory httpchat log
* 4 year hiatus *
2007.04.08 - The income gap - httpchat log
2007.04.01 - Causes of misery - httpchat log
2007.03.25 - What if everyone was smarter? - httpchat log
2007.03.18 - Superstition - httpchat log
2007.03.11 - break
2007.03.04 - Rationalizing rationalization - httpchat log
2007.02.25 - httpIs it worth being wise? - httpchat log
2007.02.18 - Truth and Lies - httpchat log
2007.02.11 - The Utility of Fantasy - httpchat log
2007.02.04 - Privacy vs. Transparency - httpchat log
2007.01.28 - Discrimination Rights - httpchat log
2007.01.21 - Paradox of freeloading - httpchat log
2007.01.14 - Reconsidering proselytization strategies - httpchat log
2007.01.07 - Considering genetic goals - httpchat log
2006.12.31 - Looking back, looking forward - httpchat log
2006.12.24 - Charity - httpchat log
2006.12.17 - Time travel - httpchat log
2006.12.10 - Rational goals - httpchat log
2006.12.03 - E-prime - httpchat log
2006.11.26 - Aesthetics - httpchat log
2006.11.19 - Model agnosticism - httpchat log
2006.11.12 - Atheism vs. agnosticism - httpchat log
2006.11.05 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 2) - httpchat log
2006.10.29 - postponed due to httpLucas Darwin
2006.10.22 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 1) - httpchat log
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


Future Chat Topics

Is the Singularity meme starting to spread?

Black and white: is the social discourse becoming more polarized?

Fair use: art in the 21st century means a lot of copy paste

Maximizing Q: theory and practice

Gun rights

Dealing with death

Marriage and divorce

Robin Hood: hero or villain?

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

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?


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