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I find it to be the slipperiest of all slopes. It's an insidious threat to humanity. It reminds me of moral relativism, but instead of cultural factors being us
by theprotocol 9y ago
I find it to be the slipperiest of all slopes. It's an insidious threat to humanity. It reminds me of moral relativism, but instead of cultural factors being used to justify absolutely anything, here it's some bizarre yet convenient calculation of worth, which by total coincidence (sarcasm), allows all the would-be human experimenters to feel good about themselves.
We haven't learned a thing from the scientific community's hype cycle. Scientists and technologists need to humble ourselves - the polar opposite of presuming to operate on humanity based on some assessment of human worth.
We don't even know what a good diet looks like, never mind grandiose agendas based on assumptions of human worth!
(I'd also like to correct what I wrote earlier - I meant Mengelian, not Mendelian.)
- Chris2048 9y agoAgain, what's this got to do with utility? You give a sceptical commentary free of any actual examples; what are you talking about?