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The weekly CoV chat is on Sundays at 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MST, 6pm GMT, 10am in SecondLife. The chat takes place simultaneously in the VirusChannel and 
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Everyone is welcome to join the chat.
2006.10.22 The relation between intelligence and morality
2006.10.27 Immortality
The death penalty debate
The abortion debate
Our culture's myths
What is evil?
What is spirtuality?
When is violence necessary?
Measuring intelligence
Personal identity and consciousness
Insanity
The wisdom of crowds
What makes a good decision?
What is law?
Nanotechnology
Propaganda
Race and racism
Group selection
Discrimination laws
Merits of patents
Buddhism
The environmental movement
The ethics of artifical intelligence.
Are there any smart drugs?
Human nature and the blank slate.
What does it mean to be human, transhuman, posthuman?
What is the relation between math and the world?
What are the interesting implications of Godel's incompleteness theorem?
Summarize Virus: How would you summarize the core beliefs of the CoV?
Best Books: What are the most important books to recommend?
Value: What is it? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life?
Free Will: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences?
Rationality: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not?
Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out-dated? Can we conceive of something better?
Space: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not?
Community Tech: What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc?
VirusBookClub: Let's pick a book to discuss.
Faith: Remember the old faith/phaith/dogma wars? Time for an update.
Saints: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint?
IP rights: Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright). What would happen?
Empathy: what role does it play especially when it can be used as a weapon...
Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to be _ _ _ _ .
What is the role of myth in today's society?
What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid? How can we increase intelligence?
2006.10.15 - Possible futures - chat log
2006.10.08 - The perfect weapon - chat log
2006.10.01 - How should animals be treated? - chat log
2006.09.24 - Self-ownership and body rights - chat log
2006.09.17 - Memestorm! marketing transhumanism - chat log
2006.09.10 - Genetic engineering - chat log
2006.09.03 - The necessity of suffering - chat log
2006.08.27 - Objective morality - chat log
2006.08.20 - The ethics of human augmentation.- chat log
2006.08.13 - The politics of virtual identity - chat log
2006.07.30 - Children and the Singularity - chat log
2006.07.23 - Engineering Transcendence - chat log
2006.07.16 - Is Existentialism a waste of time? - chat log
2006.07.09 - The relation between rationality and happiness - chat log
2006.07.02 - Rational strategies for irrationality - chat log
* long break *
2005.04.26 - What is spirituality? - chat log
2005.04.19 - Why do males rule? - chat log
2005.04.12 - The value of a promise - chat log
2005.04.05 - What if you were pope? - chat log
2005.03.29 - Crime and punishment - chat log
2005.03.22 - Right to die - chat log
2005.03.15 - Dogmatistm - chat log
2005.03.08 - A decade of Virus - chat log
2004.12.07 - Addiction - chat log
2004.11.30 - A nation of savages - chat log
2004.11.16 - What do you fear? - chat log
2004.11.09 - The Road to Fascism - chat log
2004.11.02 - US Election - chat log
2004.09.14 - Circle of empathy - chat log
2004.09.07 - The foundations of civilization - chat log
2004.08.31 - When is self-deception rational? - chat log
2004.08.24 - Proactionary principle - chat log
2004.08.17 - Climate change - chat log
2004.08.10 - Animal rights - chat log
2004.08.03 - The problem with education - chat log
2004.07.27 - The future of war - chat log
2004.07.20 - Fahrenheit 9/11 - chat log
2004.07.13 - Future of biotech - chat log
2004.07.06 - Free speech - chat log
2004.06.29 - Collective volition - chat log
2004.06.22 - Private space exploration - chat log
2004.06.15 - Recruiting women - chat log
2004.06.08 - Social software - chat log
2004.06.01 - Libertarianism makes you stupid - chat log
2004.05.25 - Merits of elitism - chat log
2004.05.18 - What should be free? - chat log
2004.05.11 - Who Matters? - chat log
2004.05.04 - What Matters? - chat log
2004.04.27 - Conflict Resolution Revisited - chat log
2004.04.20 - Uploading and Consciousness - chat log
2004.04.13 - Crime and Punishment - chat log
2004.04.06 - Gun Control - chat log
2004.03.30 - Conflict Resolution - chat log
2004.03.23 - Values and Utility - chat log
2004.03.16 - Poverty and Global Inequality - chat log
2004.03.09 - When does the end justify the means? - chat log
2004.03.02 - The Future of Sex - chat log
2004.02.24 - When does someone become rational? - chat log
2004.02.17 - The Future of Leisure - chat log
2004.02.10 - Ethics of Proselytization - chat log
2004.02.03 - Modern Luddites - chat log
2004.01.20 - Taboos - chat log
2004.01.13 - What is the purpose of principles? - chat log
2004.01.06 - Apathy and Irony - chat log
2003.12.23 - Can information be owned? - chat log
2003.12.16 - Immortality: the Virian perspective - chat log
2003.12.09 - Personal responsibility - chat log
2003.12.02 - The teleosophy of Radiance - chat log
2003.11.25 - How attached are you to your body? - chat log
2003.11.18 - Defining atheism - chat log
2003.11.11 - Improving Meridion - chat log
2003.11.04 - Sex, Drugs and Cults- chat log
2003.10.28 - Socialism vs. Capitalism - chat log
2003.10.21 - Criticizing Meridion - chat log
2003.10.14 - Responding to Not So 'Bright' - chat log
2003.10.07 - DisciplinaryProcess - chat log
2003.10.05 - Ideohazard #2 - chat log
2003.09.30 - VR, the Fed, and other randomness - chat log
2003.09.23 - Virian Village - chat log
2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning - chat log
2003.09.09 - Why be good? - chat log
2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - chat log
2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - chat log
2003.08.19 - Disownment - chat log
2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - chat log
2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - chat log
2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - chat log
2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - chat log
2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - chat log
2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - chat log
2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - chat log
2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - chat log
2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know? - chat log
2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"? - chat log
2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - chat log
2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - chat log
2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - chat log
2003.05.06 - How to influence people - chat log
2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - chat log
2003.04.25 - Down And Out... - chat log
2003.04.22 - What is 
truth? - chat log
2003.04.18 - Cults - chat log
2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - chat log
2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - chat log
2003.04.04 - MOPI - chat log
2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - chat log
2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - chat log
2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- chat log
2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - chat log
2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - chat log
2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - chat log
2003.02.25 - The Escalator of Reason - chat log
2003.02.23 - The Escalator of Reason - chat log
2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - chat log
2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - chat log
2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - chat log
2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - chat log
2003.02.04 - When it UTism reasonable? - chat log
2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - chat log
2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - chat log
2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - chat log