From xeubie@hotmail.com Wed Feb 25 16:34:58 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: xeubie@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 23598 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2004 00:34:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Feb 2004 00:34:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.68) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2004 00:34:57 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.163] by n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Feb 2004 00:34:57 -0000 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:34:56 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 1053 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.68 From: "la_okus" X-Originating-IP: 69.162.47.2 Subject: Lojbanic philosophy X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=170795535 X-Yahoo-Profile: la_okus X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21608 My question is simple; what, if any, are the philosophical similarities between lojbanists? You must have some reason for joining the project, and that motivation may be part of a deeper outlook on life. Since one of lojban's main goals is to improve thought, I assume most lojbanists value innovation and intelligence. Lojbanists are frequently correlated with sci-fi buffs and computer nerds, and although this is most likely stereotypical, it does indicate that some of them value novelty. I am intentionally leaving this broad with hopes of narrowing it down through your replies. What, besides tongue, do lojbanists have in common? To kick it off, what do you think about transhumanism? This concept is tied in with extropy and the singularity, believing that we can and should strive to become better, not just by optimizing our language but also our biology and psychology. Lojban obviously has its place in these philosophies, but do you personally apply this thinking to everything like they do? mu'o mi'e .okus.