Re:No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?
by JDTAY87 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @02:06PM
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I'm actually pretty enthusiastic about genetically engineering humans, as the human genome has been breaking down over time, presumably due to our modern protection from evolutionary feedback and our preference to wait longer in our life cycle than other creatures to reproduce.
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Re:No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?
by michaelmrose on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:14PM
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The human species hasn't changed much from the time where we carved word into clay tablets to the time where we type responses into web forums.
What you are discussing is the common dillusion that society or civilization has declined from some bygone era. Socrates despaired of the declining morals of youth compared to their forefathers thousands of years ago and you lament an imaginary decline in the integrity of our genes.
Back in reality selection in a species that takes 20-30 years to reproduce is really really slow and civilizations allowing the genetically weak to survive and gasp even breed hasn't done much to change us as a species in the last few hundred years.
What you are expressing is mostly seen in the lies of nazis and rascists who desire to promote the right kind of people breeding. If you will do more research you will discover that it lacks any scientific basis.