@@ -1,117 +1,269 @@ ! When
-There are two
weekly CoV chats, one
on Tuesdays
at 2100h
CST, the other on Fridays at 2300h GMT has been intermittent
.
+The
weekly CoV chat is
on Sundays
at 1pm EST, 12pm
CST, 11am MST, 6pm GMT. The chat takes place in
the VirusChannel
.
Everyone is welcome to [join the chat | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chat].
-!Upcoming chats
+----
-Tuesday 2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church
-Community
+!Future chats
-Tuesday 2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"?
-Tuesday 2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know?
+----
+
+!Chat Logs
+
+%%%2011.03.13 - Dominion theory [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2011-03-13;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%* 4 year hiatus *
+%%%2007.04.08 - The income gap - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23secondlife;date=2007-04-08;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.04.01 - Causes of misery - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-04-01;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.03.25 - What if everyone was smarter? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-03-25;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.03.18 - Superstition - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-03-18;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.03.11 - break
+%%%2007.03.04 - Rationalizing rationalization - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-03-04;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.02.25 - [Is it worth being wise? | http://www.paulgraham.com/wisdom.html] - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-02-25;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.02.18 - Truth and Lies - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-02-18;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.02.11 - The Utility of Fantasy - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-02-11;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.02.04 - Privacy vs. Transparency - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-02-04;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.01.28 - Discrimination Rights - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-28;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.01.21 - Paradox of freeloading - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-21;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.01.14 - Reconsidering proselytization strategies - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-14;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2007.01.07 - Considering genetic goals - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2007-01-07;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.12.31 - Looking back, looking forward - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-31;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.12.24 - Charity - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-24;time=13:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.12.17 - Time travel - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-17;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.12.10 - Rational goals - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-10;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.12.03 - E-prime - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-12-03;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.11.26 - Aesthetics - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-26;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.11.19 - Model agnosticism - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-19;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.11.12 - Atheism vs. agnosticism - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-12;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.11.05 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 2) - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-11-05;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.10.29 - postponed due to [Lucas Darwin | http://www.lucasdarwin.com ]
+%%%2006.10.22 - The relation between intelligence and morality (part 1) - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-22;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.10.15 - Possible futures - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-15;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.10.08 - The perfect weapon - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-08;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.10.01 - How should animals be treated? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-10-01;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.09.24 - Self-ownership and body rights - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-24;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.09.17 - Memestorm! marketing transhumanism - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-17;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.09.10 - Genetic engineering - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-10;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.09.03 - The necessity of suffering - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-09-03;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.08.27 - Objective morality - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-27;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.08.20 - The ethics of human augmentation.- [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-20;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.08.13 - The politics of virtual identity - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-08-13;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.07.30 - Children and the Singularity - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-30;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.07.23 - [Engineering Transcendence | http://uvvy.com/index.php/Engineering_Transcendence] - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-23;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.07.16 - Is Existentialism a waste of time? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-16;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.07.09 - The relation between rationality and happiness - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-09;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2006.07.02 - Rational strategies for irrationality - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2006-07-02;time=11:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%*** long break ***
+%%%2005.04.26 - What is spirituality? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-26;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.04.19 - Why do males rule? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-19;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.04.12 - The value of a promise - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-12;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.04.05 - What if you were pope? - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-04-05;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.03.29 - Crime and punishment - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-29;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.03.22 - Right to die - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-22;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.03.15 - Dogmatistm - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-15;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2005.03.08 - A decade of Virus - [chat log | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2005-03-08;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.12.07 - Addiction - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-12-07;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.11.30 - A nation of savages - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-30;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.11.16 - What do you fear? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-16;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.11.09 - [The Road to Fascism | http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/11/6/9523/36989 ] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-09;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.11.02 - US Election - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-11-02;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.09.14 - Circle of empathy - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-09-14;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.09.07 - The foundations of civilization - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-09-07;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.08.31 - When is self-deception rational? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-31;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.08.24 - Proactionary principle - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-24;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.08.17 - Climate change - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-17;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.08.10 - Animal rights - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-10;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.08.03 - The problem with education - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-08-03;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.07.27 - The future of war - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-27;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.07.20 - Fahrenheit 9/11 - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-20;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.07.13 - Future of biotech - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-13;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.07.06 - Free speech - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-07-06;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.06.29 - [Collective volition | http://sl4.org/bin/wiki.pl?CollectiveVolition] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-29;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.06.22 - Private space exploration - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-22;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.06.15 - Recruiting women - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-15;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.06.08 - Social software - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-08;time=18:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.06.01 - Libertarianism makes you stupid - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-06-01;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.05.25 - Merits of elitism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-25;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.05.18 - What should be free? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-18;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.05.11 - Who Matters? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-11;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.05.04 - What Matters? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-05-04;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.04.27 - Conflict Resolution Revisited - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-27;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.04.20 - Uploading and Consciousness - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-20;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.04.13 - Crime and Punishment - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-13;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.04.06 - Gun Control - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-04-06;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.03.30 - Conflict Resolution - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-30;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.03.23 - Values and Utility - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-23;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.03.16 - Poverty and Global Inequality - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-16;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.03.09 - When does the end justify the means? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-09;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.03.02 - The Future of Sex - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-03-02;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.02.24 - When does someone become rational? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-24;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.02.17 - The Future of Leisure - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-17;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.02.10 - Ethics of Proselytization - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-10;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.02.03 - Modern Luddites - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-02-03;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.01.20 - Taboos - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-20;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.01.13 - What is the purpose of principles? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-13;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2004.01.06 - Apathy and Irony - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2004-01-06;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.12.23 - Can information be owned? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-23;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.12.16 - Immortality: the Virian perspective - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-16;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.12.09 - Personal responsibility - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-09;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.12.02 - The teleosophy of Radiance - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-12-02;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.11.25 - How attached are you to your body? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-25;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.11.18 - Defining atheism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-18;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.11.11 - Improving [Meridion] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-11;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.11.04 - [Sex, Drugs and Cults | http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/cults.html]- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-11-04;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.10.28 - Socialism vs. Capitalism - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-28;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.10.21 - Criticizing [Meridion] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-21;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.10.14 - Responding to [Not So 'Bright' | http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004153] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-14;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.10.07 - DisciplinaryProcess - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-07;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.10.05 - Ideohazard #2 - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-10-05;time=17:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.09.30 - VR, the Fed, and other randomness - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-30;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.09.23 - Virian Village - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-23;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-16;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.09.09 - Why be good? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-09;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-09-02;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-26;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.08.19 - Disownment - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-19;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-12;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-08-05;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-29;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-22;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-15;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-08;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-07-01;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-24;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-17;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-10;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-06-03;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-27;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-13;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.05.06 - How to influence people - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-06;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-29;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.25 - [Down And Out... | http://www.craphound.com/down/download.php] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-25;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.22 - What is [truth | WikiPedia:Truth]? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-22;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.18 - Cults - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-18;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-15;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-08;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.04 - MOPI - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23mopi;date=2003-04-04;time=19:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-01;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-25;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-21;time=16:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-18;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-14;time=16:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-11;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.25 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-25;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.23 - [The Escalator of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-23;time=07:;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-18;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-16;time=07:;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-11;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-09;time=07:;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.02.04 - When it [UTism] reasonable? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-04;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-28;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-21;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
+%%%2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-14;time=20:00;start=0;max=30]
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+
! Future Chat Topics
+Is the Singularity meme starting to spread?
-Summarize Virus
: How would you summarize
the core beliefs of the CoV
?
+Black and white
: is
the social discourse becoming more polarized
?
-Best Books
: What are
the most important books to recommend?
+Fair use
: art in
the 21st century means a lot of copy paste
-Postmodernism
: What is it? Does it say anything of value?
+Maximizing Q
: theory and practice
-Value: What is it? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life?
+Gun rights
-Free Will: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences?
+Dealing with death
-Rationality: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not?
+Marriage and divorce
-Crime and Punishment
: Is it rational to punish transgressors
?
+Robin Hood
: hero or villain
?
-Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out-dated? Can we conceive of something better?
+The death penalty debate
-Space: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not?
+The abortion debate
-Fairness: What is fair? What is justice?
+Our culture's myths
-Elitism
: Is it better to appeal to the masses or the elite?
+[Democratic Transhumanism | http
://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/DemocraticTranshumanism.htm]
-Community Tech:
What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc
?
+What is evil
?
-VirusBookClub: Let's pick a book to discuss.
+What is spirtuality?
-Faith: Remember the old faith/phaith/dogma wars
? Time for an update.
+When is violence necessary
?
-Saints: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint?
+Measuring intelligence
-IP rights: Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright). What would happen?
+Personal identity and consciousness
-Empathy: what role does it play especially when it can be used as a weapon...
+Insanity
-Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to be _ _ _ _ .
+The wisdom of crowds
-What is the role of myth in today's society
?
+What makes a good decision
?
-What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid? How can we increase intelligence
?
+What is law
?
-How do you know you are not in a sim?
+Nanotechnology
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+Propaganda
-!Chat Logs
+Race and racism
-Tuesday 2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-27;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Group selection
-Tuesday 2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-13;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Merits of patents
-Tuesday 2003.05.06 - How to influence people - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-05-06;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Buddhism
-Tuesday 2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-29;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+The environmental movement
-Friday 2003
.04.25 - [Down And Out... | http://www.craphound.com/down/download.php] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-25;time=19:00;start=;max=30]
+The ethics of artifical intelligence
.
-Tuesday 2003.04.22 - What is [truth | WikiPedia:Truth]
? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-22;time=19:00;start=;max=30]
+Are there any smart drugs
?
-Friday 2003
.04.18 - Cults - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23vbc;date=2003-04-18;time=19:00;start=;max=30]
+Human nature and the blank slate
.
-Tuesday 2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-15;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+What does it mean to be human, transhuman, posthuman
?
-Tuesday 2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-08;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+What is the relation between math and the world
?
-Friday 2003.04.04 - MOPI - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23mopi;date=2003-04-04;time=19:00;start=;max=30]
+What are the interesting implications of Godel's incompleteness theorem
?
-Tuesday 2003.04.01 - What is
the Supergoal
? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-04-01;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Summarize Virus: How would you summarize
the core beliefs of the CoV
?
-Tuesday 2003.03.25 -
What are human rights
? - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Best Books:
What are the most important books to recommend
?
-Friday 2003.03.21 -
What else
is wrong with this world
?- [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-21;time=16:00;start=;max=30]
+Value:
What is it
? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life
?
-Tuesday 2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - [chat log | http
://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Free Will
: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences
?
-Friday 2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - [chat log | http
://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-14;time=16:00;start=;max=30]
+Rationality
: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not
?
-Tuesday 2003.03.11
- The Nature
of Evil - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-03-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out
-dated? Can we conceive
of something better
?
-Tuesday 2003.02.25 - [The Escalator of Reason | http
://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-25;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Space
: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not
?
-Sunday 2003.02.23 - [The Escalator
of Reason | http://www.petersingerlinks.com/escalator.htm] - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-23;time=07:;start=;max=30]
+Community Tech: What would you like to see in the future
of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc
?
-Tuesday 2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - [chat log | http
://virus
.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-18;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+VirusBookClub
: Let's pick a book to discuss
.
-Sunday 2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - [chat log | http
://virus
.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-16;time=07:;start=;max=30]
+Faith
: Remember the old faith
/phaith
/dogma wars? Time for an update
.
-Tuesday 2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http
://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-11;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Saints
: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint
?
-Sunday 2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - [chat log | http
://virus
.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-09;time=07:;start=;max=30]
+IP rights
: Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright)
. What would happen
?
-Tuesday 2003.02.04 - When
it [UTism] reasonable? - [chat log | http://virus
.lucifer
.com/bbs/index
.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-02-04;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Empathy: what role does
it play especially when it can be used as a weapon
...
-Tuesday 2003.01.28 - How
to deal with irrationality? - [chat log | http://virus
.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-28;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs
to be _ _ _ _
.
-Tuesday 2003.01.21 - Real world applications
of VirianEthics - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-21;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+What is the role
of myth in today's society
?
-Tuesday 2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - [chat log | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php
?board=;action=chatlog2;channel=%23virus;date=2003-01-14;time=20:00;start=;max=30]
+What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid? How can we increase intelligence
?