> You're a conscious being that has free will. Technically, the only thing you "must" obey is physics That's what I do. The branch is biochemistry. Existence o

> You're a conscious being that has free will. Technically, the only thing you "must" obey is physics That's what I do. The branch is biochemistry. Existence o free will is debatable - people are easily controlled via various chemicals: when to eat, sleep, love, hate, believe or to be conscious. As many of those are endogenous, it turns out that humans are spectrum. What you call belief might be nothing more then your body producing higher level of DHT compared to somebody else. If/when we override all of that, we will no longer be homosapiens. > Our ability to override these animalistic instincts is one of the things that makes us distinct from animals. It exists in Dune world and is called Gom Jabar, but every next day in this world it looks more and more to be just another typical anthropomorphic illusion. > Besides, making life-changing decisions with "no reason" is... I don't know... irresponsible with regard to yourself? Living in virtual worlds might be irresponsible too with regard to yourself and others. And besides, I clearly stated reason does exist, part of it biochemical, part of it because I admire certain parent-only-human-attributes. > This doesn't make you want to have kids. This makes you want to have sex. Semantncs. Sex is prereq for kids at this moment. I guess you didn't hear for oxy also ? > I don't think lifespan and healthspan are separable like you suggest. Of course they are. You can live 90 years like a champ and drop dead next day. Or you can treat your body like garbage can and live 70 years but half of it wished you were never born. Would you switch places with Hawking ? I am sure Kurzweil would not agree with you. :-) > Technically, the only thing you "must" obey is physics Technically, if we are being pedantic, this is also questionable and thing of faith. Simulation theory ?