more WvB folderol

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

Paul Mackin writes (on science -> non-science): 

> The problem for me is--it would be a heck of a lot more fun if such
> jumps were _really_ possible. Otherwise science seems so dead.

Science, at its core, is a method. If used for human (humane?) 
purposes, it can be quite 'alive', I expect. And then, of course, 
there are the transhumans, extropians, etc. Wanna live forever? Join 
one of their lists for a week, and (apart from sometimes thinking 
that you have joined some sort of vRibbentrop seance) you begin to 
seriously think this is not just wishful thinking - science will catch up 
with death someday, it seems....

hg
hag at iafrica.com