tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post4127477414786952056..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Take Your Vitamins, and You'll Meet the Robot GodDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-68979025960322032892009-05-11T16:16:00.000-07:002009-05-11T16:16:00.000-07:00Also, I can't resist posting this NY Times article...Also, I can't resist posting this NY Times article I was just pointed toward:<br /><br />Vitamins Found to Curb Exercise Benefits<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/health/research/12exer.html?_r=1<br /><br />It's one thing for me to laugh at the idea that we have all the answers and our superlongetivity and robot bodies are around the corner, but it's another thing entirely for me to think the faithful are actually ushering in the mortality they so fear. (Not that I'm wishing death on anyone, but there's a level of irony that my cynical obnoxious side can't resist).Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830094293166211231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-81076631415752416912009-05-11T13:34:00.000-07:002009-05-11T13:34:00.000-07:00Thank you for this. So much. The cartoonish futu...Thank you for this. So much. The cartoonish futuristic-infomercial playing in my head ("Get your Robot God! How much would YOU pay?" etc.) will keep me smiling as I slog through my grading this week.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830094293166211231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-3430508511401182902009-05-11T09:18:00.000-07:002009-05-11T09:18:00.000-07:00Dale,
Just you wait, when Eleizer’s magic seed AI ...Dale,<br />Just you wait, when Eleizer’s magic seed AI grows into god-like plastic surgeon it will turn me into a greater than human beauty, and you will be soooo jealous. My only problem will be getting stuck staring at myself in the mirror.<br /><br />(That is, of course, assuming that Eleizer’s magic seed AI don’t turn into big mean giants that want to eat me! I give it a 50/50 chance unless he gets more money to do more research.)jimnoreply@blogger.com