@Eli
“Ben Franklin, say”
Franklin is probably the best person to come to the here—it’s very well-known he wished to preserve his body in Madeira so he could be revived to see the future, yes? Plus if you’ve actually read any of his letters and other writing, you see how much more flexible his mind was than just anyone you have ever met. My impression is that he would find today less shocking than probably 75% of those who live now do.
“talking about science in public is socially unacceptable”
This is already true in many places around the world and has been for several decades now, yes? I don’t just mean Kansas.
@Robin
” I would be out of place there in many ways”
Considering “The Nerd Identity,” (Matt Damon stars) don’t you and Eli both rather revel in how out of place here you are in many ways? In light of that, wouldn’t the future you have proposed in some ways also be more congenial to you?
Isn’t the shock caused by the rigidity of identity, as Ben Jones implies? By re-thinking how identity functions, wouldn’t the shock be far less? Altho’ honestly I don’t see why the idea frightens anyone, as it has been a core notion of both Hinduism and Buddhism for millenia—we should all have had time to integrate the concept apart from the dogma.
@Eli “Ben Franklin, say” Franklin is probably the best person to come to the here—it’s very well-known he wished to preserve his body in Madeira so he could be revived to see the future, yes? Plus if you’ve actually read any of his letters and other writing, you see how much more flexible his mind was than just anyone you have ever met. My impression is that he would find today less shocking than probably 75% of those who live now do.
“talking about science in public is socially unacceptable” This is already true in many places around the world and has been for several decades now, yes? I don’t just mean Kansas.
@Robin ” I would be out of place there in many ways” Considering “The Nerd Identity,” (Matt Damon stars) don’t you and Eli both rather revel in how out of place here you are in many ways? In light of that, wouldn’t the future you have proposed in some ways also be more congenial to you?
Isn’t the shock caused by the rigidity of identity, as Ben Jones implies? By re-thinking how identity functions, wouldn’t the shock be far less? Altho’ honestly I don’t see why the idea frightens anyone, as it has been a core notion of both Hinduism and Buddhism for millenia—we should all have had time to integrate the concept apart from the dogma.