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I know this probably won't fly well here...but i'm fundamentally opposed to most of transhumanism. The basic premise of transhumanism rests on the idea that hu
by grawprog 6y ago
I know this probably won't fly well here...but i'm fundamentally opposed to most of transhumanism.
The basic premise of transhumanism rests on the idea that humans should transcend nature and shape the world and all life, including humanity, into a world shaped by humans.
I really despise this idea for so many reasons...
Humans, despite their arrogance are incapable of even basically managing this planet. We know basically nothing about its proper functioning and we arrogantly assume we should take responsibility of it all and shape it and all the life here as we choose.
Humans have barely managed to keep a functioning society together in the brief 10000 years or so we've been trying to have one. 6000 years if we're going back to the beginnings of agriculture and such.
To think we have even the slightest idea as to how to control nature and this world that's existed for billions of years is completely ridiculous.
The fundamentals of transhumanism are no different than the fundamentals that led judeo-christian religions to exploit and destroy the world.
The idea that somehow, either through divine gift or supreme intelligence, this world belongs to us and should be used and shaped how we please.
We presume we should expand beyond life itself, yet all we manage to do on this earth is destroy and conquer.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoHow did Judaism and/or Christianity exploit and destroy the world? I have no idea what you are referring to, genuinely curious. If you mean wars, then that seems more a generic human tendancy than a religious one
- rabidrat 6y agoGenesis 1:28: > And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. This is foundational Judaism/Christianity, and is the evident subtext behind many of the movements that have led to its dominance. To wit: the Crusades, conquistadors, manifest destiny, catholic missions, modern evangelism. Domination and exploitation are consistent principles embedded within the culture and religious framework.
- pcstl 6y agoI'm not the person who asked, but I think their point would be that "being fruitful, multiplying, and dominating" are just natural human tendencies which religion was aiming to justify and did not create. I mean, we know of a lot of domination and exploitation that happened before judeo-christian religions had come into place, or that happened in places free of their influence. The Bantu peoples massacring most of the population of the southern half of Africa comes to mind.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoBut all of those haven't destroyed the world. They've destroyed individual humans, but so have Marxism, communism, authoritarian governments, socialist governments, fascist governments, anarchists, revolutionaries, etc.
- bondarchuk 6y agoYour own stance does not seem completely devoid of judeo-christian rhetoric either, though, to put it mildly.