Waiting for the Rapture


	Waiting for the Rapture

wildcat

6-1-2008 4:42 AM

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6-1-2008 5:06 AM

debbyski

Many of them fervently believe
that in the next several decades we’ll have computers
into which you’ll be able to upload your
consciousness—the mysterious thing that makes you you.
Then, with your consciousness able to go from mechanical
body to mechanical body, or virtual paradise to virtual
paradise, you’ll never need to face death, illness, bad
food, or poor cellphone reception.

What makes me me ain't so mysterous sugar

It's probably too much testosterone wrapped up in this estrogen looking body. But all of this talk reminds me of this movie:

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6-1-2008 8:46 AM

abailart

Long before computers or humans. In a minor sense here the computer is a mirror gadget.

6-1-2008 1:13 PM

papananook

Just more vanity to think you can beat death...it's natural and can be beautiful. See Aldous Huxley's novel "Island"

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