Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by p-e-w on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:46AM
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I actually agree with you on that. Eugenics, genetic modification of embryos, transhumanism, radical social policies, and many related topics are likewise taboo, and most people wouldn't dare to even mention such ideas in polite company.
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Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by GenericPoster on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:26AM
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The topics are definitely fringe but I'm sure you could find some forum or site that discusses it but I think you have things backwards. It's not that most people wouldn't dare to talk about these ideas in polite company. It's that the people who hold these beliefs aren't polite. Their personalities so abhorrent, vitriolic and unsympathetic. They hold such archaic views, reminiscing about a past that would benefit them at the expense of others.
To use eugenics as an example. Those who speak about it always, without exception end up isolating a single group that they believe is inferior. These people often hold adjacent beliefs that make the lives of other humans significantly harder, to say the least.
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by MichaelZuo on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:41AM
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This seems like a slippery slope argument, much like those who claimed gay marriage would inevitably lead to polygamy and thus should be banned for fear of making it easier to normalize polygamy in the future.
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by GenericPoster on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:55AM
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What? No one is being forced into gay marriage. And as long as they're consenting adults they can have whatever non traditional arrangements they want.
I'm having trouble understanding where this slippery slope is coming from. It's one thing if you were talking about assisted suicide, I can see the argument there, but eugenics is something that is forced upon the population. And no, having to watch two people of the same gender kiss on TV is not forced.
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by MichaelZuo on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:27PM
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> And as long as they're consenting adults they can have whatever non traditional arrangements they want.
An extremely large proportion of the US population would not agree with this if you include polygamy in "whatever non traditional arrangements they want".
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by GenericPoster on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:28AM
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Why? Are they being forced to marry the polygamists?
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by MichaelZuo on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:02AM
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Considering I'm not presently a US citizen you probably shouldn't be asking me.
Re:Brains on Drugs: How tinkering with consciousness became ...
by metalang on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:16PM
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I have met a lot of people who support some form of eugenics that do not support "isolating a single group that they believe is inferior". I think that is unfair criticism unless you're only restricting eugenics to sterilizing a group based on a single characteristic.