tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post4806563391698820753..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: The World's Most Dangerous IdeasLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-24674994033536515732012-01-07T05:14:41.991-05:002012-01-07T05:14:41.991-05:00I don't doubt that much of what they talk abou...I don't doubt that much of what they talk about could come true. I don't know whether they take into account the fact that there will inevitably be a backlash against that.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-85119745356348582212012-01-06T23:04:06.790-05:002012-01-06T23:04:06.790-05:00I breifly followed one transhumanist on dA. Didn&...I breifly followed one transhumanist on dA. Didn't last for reasons that don't need to be explained. -JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-63154565526910198522011-12-30T13:35:01.164-05:002011-12-30T13:35:01.164-05:00Yeah, exactly! In love, we seek out quirks, which ...Yeah, exactly! In love, we seek out quirks, which is what a song like 'My Funny Valentine' is all about - which was written as a girl singing to her bf about his imperfections that make her love him. That romantic selection of imperfection (rather than the shiny image of perfect males and females) shows that there's something built into humans that seeks out variety. This is why I think one can be skeptical about Boomer theorists' wild claims about the Singularity. If we breed out, genetically select out, flaws - or nanotechnologically try to obliterate diseases and flaws at a cellular level, new diseases, pandemics and simple romantic selection of imperfections will appear to reassert variety, fallibility, early death and so on.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-58034789471410278712011-12-30T11:03:48.157-05:002011-12-30T11:03:48.157-05:00I think it's ironic that we aspire for perfect...I think it's ironic that we aspire for perfection, but we hate perfection. Ask any woman what she thinks of Angelina Jolie. Yet, we fall in love with people's quirks. We don't fall in love with someone because they do everything flawlessly, we love the crook in their nose, the way they have to wipe their hands on their pants before they shake hands. Perhaps the greatest indicator of humans is their deviance from the "norm."Sharon Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.com