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Re:Psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself ... by mediocregopher on Thursday January 06, 2022 @01:36PM (#29827785)
Are you 100% sure that the "set of all changes we'll have to adapt to" is a subset of "set of all changes we can invent our way out of"?

I'd also challenge the idea that innovation happens outside of death and birth. It often takes a new pair of eyes to see a new solution to a problem.

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Re:Psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself ... by hackingthelema on Thursday January 06, 2022 @01:39PM (#29827842)
Yes, because we also control physical adaptation to a degree. Human adaptation has been disconnected from physical evolution for a long time now. How many type-1 diabetics only live now because of changes we invented our way out of?

> It often takes a new pair of eyes to see a new solution to a problem.

Why does this require death of current people and not simply more eyes that already exist?

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Re:Psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself ... by mediocregopher on Thursday January 06, 2022 @01:58PM (#29828154)
I think fundamentally we're not going to see eye to eye on this. I wish you luck on your quest o7
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