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> I look forward to the day a majority of people realize that our biology is, to a large extent, something to be overcome. I look forward to the day a majority
by lj3 9y ago
> I look forward to the day a majority of people realize that our biology is, to a large extent, something to be overcome.
I look forward to the day a majority of people realize that our biology is something that cannot be overcome. You work with mother nature or you get crushed by her. Those are the only choices available to us.
- antisthenes 9y agoEven if you override the natural instincts, you have to replace them with some other form of behavior. There is no ideal set of behaviors, unless you strip all humanity from a species. Once you overcome the 'hurdle' of 'undesirable' behaviors, you just adopt a new set of behaviors, which could be, in the long run, just as detrimental as the ones we have now. I think Brave New World describes this quite well. The world where everyone is happy isn't necessarily the one that wouldn't be shocking to us in its behavioral patterns.