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So i guess you can call me "No Gimmicks Needed" Rob Longshot.



Futurism, transhumanism, singularitarianism is pretty gimmicky there robby. You substitute your addictions, not beat them. You are worse then a new ager or a hippy. We all have our vices, yours just seems to be attention whoring and reclusive addiction to video games/internet activity. We all want to be better people and improve ourselves, some of us just go about it completely wrong. Remember, talk is cheap.



It's not gimmicky... it is something I truly believe in. To me, the futurism is kinda the closest thing to a "religion" i have ever had (Taoism and Buddhism being philosophies). It is the only thing i find truly worthy of "faith". To me a world where man has transcended death and forced evolutions hand, is a much better alternative than some guy in the sky. It is something TANGIBLE, something possible, and something we will likely see within our lifetimes... MSNBC.com ran an article earlier this week discussing robots and A.I. and also discussed the concept of singularity... and Discovery had a great special on a few weeks ago called 2057 (which actually stopped short of where we are likely to be by that point as many of the technologies they showed were a very short time down the road.)

If I am to believe in anything, i will choose to believe in the future. It is a much better alternative... especially with so many in this world now days believing in NO future. All of the apocalyptic bullshit fed to us by the religious types... i mean 50% of Americans believe that Jesus is returning to earth soon and it will be the end of the world... and they hope for that. To me THAT is sad.



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