We have to evolve synthetically To avoid our doom

Post by varelse » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 3:28 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #29

varelse wrote: post #26

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I'm not slandering beautiful people at all, I'm just slandering people who aspire to little more than being one of them. And that's my story and I'm sticking to it. The only thing worse is people catering to that urge. But I guess it's a market opportunity and that's how capitalism works, no? As for genetic diversity, sure we need genetic diversity, but we also no longer need the gene that fights malaria in the heter…

Who is "we"? Malaria still kills 400K people per year and the treatments aren't completely effective. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/drug...

Post by varelse » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 3:37 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #28

varelse wrote: post #9

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I think you have nothing to fear. I'm all in favor of breeding genetic disorders out of the species and there's a whole bunch we can eliminate before we get into murky ethical territory. Religion can bite me on this one. But also, take a look around you. The species isn't going to optimize for intelligence. It's going to optimize for looks. That's just how we're wired. And that will destroy a lot of plastic surgeon j…

Looks are just one factor. And good looks are a strong sign of good health (absent artificial enhancement).