(August 5, 2017 at 11:37 am)Khemikal Wrote: Thing is, if there are objectively better genetic specimens of humanity, we'll go full gattaca by default. Why would I hire a lesser being, who invariably underperforms compared to an engineered candidate? That was the premise of Gattaca. Not that the society sought to intentionally become casually villainous, but that it just happened. The answer, in movieland, ofc..was "determination".
-how about increased tolerance for oxygen deprivation
-resistance to acid buildup in muscle tissue
-tetrachromatic vision
Just for starters. These traits already exist in mutants maong us, lol.
Hence why I said hopefully those at higher levels would be more enlightened than to go that route, or at least not that severely. In employment perhaps, but not in every other aspect of society, that was preposterous hyperbole.
I think those first two are more for if your job tends to be more hazardous (miners or something) or more physically than mentally taxing so unless automation for those things turns out not to be possible/feasible, it wouldn't necessarily be that important. Not even sure what the hell that third one means.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
