josh@aramis.rutgers.edu (07/22/89)
Keith Henson wrote to me:
The moderator, in responding to a humorous posting, stated:
... I trust everyone realizes that this conversation is completely
tongue in cheek, since 50 million years is a time scale on which
it seems fairly silly to speculate about "who" or "what" will be
around doing the thinking at the end of it...
--JoSH]
Not at all!. If nanotech comes along in time, or cryonics susceeds in
keeping you fresh enough for cell repair machines to fix, it will be
YOU that has the problems of keeping suns burning or modifying galatic
collisions. Don't forget the Far Edge Party! Keith Henson
(motto, no project to ambitious -:) )
Well, the first thing "I" intend to do is increase the speed of my
brain by a million or so, and the storage by a similar amount.
That's for the first fifty years. Raise that to the power of
a million for 50 million years progress, and I hesitate to characterize
"me" at the other end, even though there is an unbroken connection.
--JoSH