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There are two weekly CoV chats, one on Tuesdays at 2100h CST, the other on Fridays at 2300h GMT has been intermittent.
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Tuesday 2004.03.09 - When does the end justify the means?
When is torture justified?
The ethics of artifical intelligence.
Free speech: should some groups be censored?
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?
Crime and Punishment: Is it rational to punish transgressors?
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?
Elitism: Is it better to appeal to the masses or the elite?
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?
Tuesday 2004.03.02 - The Future of Sex - chat log
Tuesday 2004.02.24 - When does someone become rational? - chat log
Tuesday 2004.02.17 - The Future of Leisure - chat log
Tuesday 2004.02.10 - Ethics of Proselytization - chat log
Tuesday 2004.02.03 - Modern Luddites - chat log
Tuesday 2004.01.20 - Taboos - chat log
Tuesday 2004.01.13 - What is the purpose of principles? - chat log
Tuesday 2004.01.06 - Apathy and Irony - chat log
Tuesday 2003.12.23 - Can information be owned? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.12.16 - Immortality: the Virian perspective - chat log
Tuesday 2003.12.09 - Personal responsibility - chat log
Tuesday 2003.12.02 - The teleosophy of Radiance - chat log
Tuesday 2003.11.25 - How attached are you to your body? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.11.18 - Defining atheism - chat log
Tuesday 2003.11.11 - Improving Meridion - chat log
Tuesday 2003.11.04 - Sex, Drugs and Cults- chat log
Tuesday 2003.10.28 - Socialism vs. Capitalism - chat log
Tuesday 2003.10.21 - Criticizing Meridion - chat log
Tuesday 2003.10.14 - Responding to Not So 'Bright' - chat log
Tuesday 2003.10.07 - DisciplinaryProcess - chat log
Sunday 2003.10.05 - Ideohazard #2 - chat log
Tuesday 2003.09.30 - VR, the Fed, and other randomness - chat log
Tuesday 2003.09.23 - Virian Village - chat log
Tuesday 2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning - chat log
Tuesday 2003.09.09 - Why be good? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - chat log
Tuesday 2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.08.19 - Disownment - chat log
Tuesday 2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - chat log
Tuesday 2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - chat log
Tuesday 2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - chat log
Tuesday 2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - chat log
Tuesday 2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - chat log
Tuesday 2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - chat log
Tuesday 2003.05.06 - How to influence people - chat log
Tuesday 2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - chat log
Friday 2003.04.25 - Down And Out... - chat log
Tuesday 2003.04.22 - What is 
truth? - chat log
Friday 2003.04.18 - Cults - chat log
Tuesday 2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - chat log
Tuesday 2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - chat log
Friday 2003.04.04 - MOPI - chat log
Tuesday 2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - chat log
Friday 2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- chat log
Tuesday 2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - chat log
Friday 2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - chat log
Tuesday 2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - chat log
Tuesday 2003.02.25 - The Escalator of Reason - chat log
Sunday 2003.02.23 - The Escalator of Reason - chat log
Tuesday 2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - chat log
Sunday 2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - chat log
Sunday 2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.02.04 - When it UTism reasonable? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - chat log
Tuesday 2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - chat log
Tuesday 2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - chat log