tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post2059977952981312532..comments2024-02-21T10:13:00.928-05:00Comments on Iliocentrism: Who (in his right mind) wants to live to be 150?Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-79616709478130367732010-12-02T21:01:03.850-05:002010-12-02T21:01:03.850-05:00Yeah, as for his face, it may have have been the f...Yeah, as for his face, it may have have been the first time since he was two that anyone had even attempted to rein him in.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-26570596961538293302010-12-02T20:58:06.634-05:002010-12-02T20:58:06.634-05:00He did (eventually) shut up. I did later overhear...He did (eventually) shut up. I did later overhear him talking rudely to her again, but at least it wasn't as loud as before, when he was shouting.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-31634612869655864832010-12-02T17:55:54.931-05:002010-12-02T17:55:54.931-05:00"I told him to shut up."
It may have be...<i>"I told him to shut up."</i><br /><br />It may have been a first for him! i wish I could have seen his face. :)<br /><br />Not that I want to encourage you in such potentially lethal engagements!cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245395774915274363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-45087620059694486972010-12-01T18:55:40.047-05:002010-12-01T18:55:40.047-05:00How can one's body enter a virtual reality? At...<i>How can one's body enter a virtual reality? At best, one's body will be in a coma-like state -- tended by other persons and machines -- while one's mind is somehow deluded that one's body is experiencing the virtual reality.</i><br /><br />Well yeah. But that would eliminate a number of the major downsides of having a failing body. If your mind was still in good enough shape, Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-80255869606954577142010-12-01T16:40:23.701-05:002010-12-01T16:40:23.701-05:00Of course, almost no one wants to die when it is s...Of course, almost no one wants to die when it is staring them in the face.<br /><br />Doesn't change the fact that (potentially) unending physical life -- even with perfect health -- would ultimately be Hellish.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-12046302035277578612010-12-01T16:21:27.123-05:002010-12-01T16:21:27.123-05:00Who wants to live until they are 100 years old any...Who wants to live until they are 100 years old anyway?<br /><br />-The man who is 99Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064538128810623156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-42770129774796431722010-12-01T15:13:18.542-05:002010-12-01T15:13:18.542-05:00"I don't mean 'a good simulation of y..."<i>I don't mean 'a good simulation of your mind' or some transhumanism stuff. I mean you - same body and everything - but of course you're in a VR world.</i>"<br /><br />How can one's <i>body</i> enter a virtual reality? At best, one's body will be in a coma-like state -- tended by other persons and machines -- while one's mind is somehow deluded that one&#Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-46406652917616968132010-12-01T15:07:12.437-05:002010-12-01T15:07:12.437-05:00Oh? As I did the other day?
I was in Wal-Mart (f...Oh? As I did the other day?<br /><br />I was in Wal-Mart (for about the third time since it opened) to get myself a notebook. Some teenybopper boy (in a herd of three) was yelling, quite loudly, into his phone -- telling his <i>mother</i> that he was in charge of the relationship and that he'd be home at his own time.<br /><br />I told him to shut up.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-11515124930338040912010-12-01T10:19:00.694-05:002010-12-01T10:19:00.694-05:00I kind of figure that I'll piss someone off th...I kind of figure that I'll piss someone off that I shouldn't and ultimately get gunned down before I reach 60. Maybe you could go that route.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143205583006210792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-22682751471862194282010-12-01T09:41:01.086-05:002010-12-01T09:41:01.086-05:00Maybe you misunderstood.
I don't mean 'a ...Maybe you misunderstood.<br /><br />I don't mean 'a good simulation of your mind' or some transhumanism stuff. I mean you - same body and everything - but of course you're in a VR world.<br /><br />If you don't think that would still be 'you', then I'm missing something.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-59100151185613485722010-12-01T09:29:02.707-05:002010-12-01T09:29:02.707-05:00But that wouldn't be *me* now, would it?But that wouldn't be *me* now, would it?Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-5883722640826591702010-12-01T08:51:38.422-05:002010-12-01T08:51:38.422-05:00Would you settle for a good Matrix-style VR sim?Would you settle for a good Matrix-style VR sim?Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.com