are you working today?i see your police stories made it to qotw: b3ta.com/board/10412157
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Avast is still alive!!!!,
Fri 6 May 2011, 10:59,
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I'm supposed to be working, yep:I'd wanted to get the chapter I'm writing out of the way by a few days ago. I missed that target, and am in no danger of finishing it today either. I really should get my arse in gear.
(I've twigged that the trick to getting a QotW selected is to post a suggestion late on Wednesday, since it seems only to be the most recent few that get put to the vote recently...)
((I've twigged that the trick to getting a QotW selected is to post a suggestion late on Wednesday, since it seems only to be the most recent few that get put to the vote recently...)
Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:06,
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what are you writing?and what chapter are you currently (not) working on?
( Avast is still alive!!!!,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:09,
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A book on the ethics of human enhancement, and how it's basically OK but nothing to get excited about.Certainly not obligatory, as some people I know seem to think.
I've decided that I can't put of writing chapters 1 and 2 - the methodological ones - any longer. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are in various states of completion; I've not begun on chapters 3 or 4 yet.
I've got about 3 months left to get it all done - and instead, I'm twatting about here. Eeep.
EDIT: And with that, I'd better be off. Maybe I'll pop back in an hour or two if I've got enough words done.
(I've decided that I can't put of writing chapters 1 and 2 - the methodological ones - any longer. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are in various states of completion; I've not begun on chapters 3 or 4 yet.
I've got about 3 months left to get it all done - and instead, I'm twatting about here. Eeep.
EDIT: And with that, I'd better be off. Maybe I'll pop back in an hour or two if I've got enough words done.
Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:15,
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do you mean like cyberneticsor like my kind of enhancment - i have these special lenses that make me able to see far away clearly? ;)
( Avast is still alive!!!!,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:19,
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Mainly biological, but with a bit of cybernetics thrown in when I look at intellectual enhancement.But, yeah, along those lines.
I'm working on the assumption that enhancements are worth pursuing to the extent that they contribute to the good life; so I need to work out what constitutes "the good life" (that's the tricky bit, but I have some ideas), whether a number of enhancements really do contribute to it so much after all (a few, yes; most, not really; and one or two might be antagonistic), and whether there's a duty to enhance/ genetically engineer your kids (not really, though it might be admirable).
Right. Must. Be. Off.
(I'm working on the assumption that enhancements are worth pursuing to the extent that they contribute to the good life; so I need to work out what constitutes "the good life" (that's the tricky bit, but I have some ideas), whether a number of enhancements really do contribute to it so much after all (a few, yes; most, not really; and one or two might be antagonistic), and whether there's a duty to enhance/ genetically engineer your kids (not really, though it might be admirable).
Right. Must. Be. Off.
Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:24,
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Chapter 3: The idiosyncracies of the folds in a cat's anus
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:15,
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If only.Chapter 3 is on why trying to make yourself immortal by fiddling around with your genes is perfectly acceptable, but a bit silly and will make your life worse even if you succeed.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:18,
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Yesbut it's called "The idiosyncracies of the folds in a cat's anus", isn't it?
( Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:27,
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