From: mauah@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr I D Bygrave)
Subject: Re: PHIL: Enough is enough !! No more virtual philosophy !!
Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:36:16 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK


>(Forwarded message, sent to Greg...)
>Subject: Re: ADMIN: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE MODERATOR
>Mr. Moderator:
>
>I agree with Mr. I D Bygrave, who said:
>
>> But this isn't a philosophy newsgroup, I'd love to continue the discussion
>> by email.
>
>Unfortunately, Diego ignored him...
>
>[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  What is the group mind on this? -- Bob Jacobson]

I take it back. The philosophical issues surrounding VR are as unresolved as
the technical ones, and they are certainly as important. As long as we can keep
these discusions reasonably relavant, I think they are valuable.
The technology might not catch up for a good while, but if we think ahead then
we will be able to make best use of it when it does.
[Above idea thanks to K. Eric Drexler. From context of nanotechnology.]


-Ian D. Bygrave Undergradate Computer Science at University of Warwick, UK
	mauah@csv.warwick.ac.uk
        ibygrave@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
"We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny
 of the selfish replicators"-Richard Dawkins. The Selfish Gene.