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Will we "uplift" animals to sapiency?
sentientdevelopments.com - 3/24/2009
Will we "uplift" animals to sapiency?
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David Brin is guest blogging this week. Greetings, oh developing sentient beings! Let me thank George Dvorsky for this opportunity to chatter with his blogizens and answer a few questions -- or else face some of the "reciprocal accountability" of which I am supposedly some kind of ...
Monday's word of the day is: Uplift
sentientdevelopments.com - 3/24/2009
Monday's word of the day is: Uplift
— sentientdevelopments.com — As previously noted , David Brin will be guest blogging on Sentient Developments this week. The first... topic that David will be addressing is one that is near and dear to both of our hearts: biological uplift. To get you primed for this discussion I ... (more) Monday's word of the day is: Uplift

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David Brin guest blogging here next week
sentientdevelopments.com - 3/24/2009
David Brin guest blogging here next week
— sentientdevelopments.com — Science fiction writer, scientist and renowned futurist David Brin will be guest blogging here on Sentient Developments... next week. Brin is a best-selling author whose future-oriented novels include Earth and Hugo Award winners Startide Rising and The ... (more) David Brin guest blogging here next week

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David Brin guestblogging at Sentient Developments this week
futurismic.com - 3/25/2009
David Brin guestblogging at Sentient Developments this week
— futurismic.com — This week, transhumanist blogger George Dvorsky’s site Sentient Developments plays host to no less a science fiction... luminary than David Brin as guest blogger . Says Dvorsky: David will be writing about biological uplift, the Singularity, ... (more) David Brin guestblogging at Sentient Developments this week

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David Brin on "uplift"
Posthuman Blues — ... is guest-blogging at Sentient Developments. First up is an evaluation of the contentious prospect of "animal uplift," a concept that Brin's novels helped define: ...

David Brin guestblogging at Sentient Developments this week
Futurismic — ... , and that first post is ready to read as I type. Here’s a snippet: ...

David Brin on Uplift
Biology in Science Fiction — ... , and has asked Brin to share his thoughts on whether this is something we should or even could do. In his first post, Brin does just that. He also writes a bit about why his take is different than that of ...

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