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Re:What ever happened to the transhumanists? by ianbicking on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:17AM (#32365037)
Putting aside the debate and controversy around transgender folks, if I just step back and think about the act itself, it is truly an incredible act of will over self... redefining yourself, redefining your relationship to society, acting so strongly against the defaults of your life... I'm not sure I could do it.

As an act of tremendous will over self I genuinely respect it.

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Re:What ever happened to the transhumanists? by raffraffraff on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:37PM (#32370019)
One can exercise tremendous change over ones self, but one cannot redefine ones relationship with society since relationships aren't one-way. That's always going to be a potential source of friction.
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Re:What ever happened to the transhumanists? by inawarminister on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:50AM (#32365266)
Sounds like a religious conversion to me.

Especially those that require body modification, such as Jewish and Islam's adult circumcision.

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Re:What ever happened to the transhumanists? by ianbicking on Saturday August 06, 2022 @12:16PM (#32369347)
I think a lot of people have a hard time with the idea that you could believe something enough to actually change the direction of your life in response to that belief. It raises a lot of uncomfortable feelings to see someone do that.
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