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But what if it's possible to alter your influential genes, through some powerful mechanism? Whether it be through insane willpower or anything else. In that cas
by makerdiety 2y ago
But what if it's possible to alter your influential genes, through some powerful mechanism? Whether it be through insane willpower or anything else. In that case, you have an analogy like something like artificial general intelligence or recursive self-improvement. We get to approach the discussion of questioning natural values and instinctive goals with this line of inquiry. We get to eventually question the metaphysics of God, morality, and aesthetics, by introducing fantastic elements like radical self-modification.
- jw1224 2y ago> But what if it's possible to alter your influential genes, through some powerful mechanism? Whether it be through insane willpower or anything else. Sounds like epigenetics, where the environment actively influences the genes themselves: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics
- makerdiety 2y agoDoesn't the environment already affect genes albeit on huge timescales like millions of years? Then the more clear question becomes how to accelerate mutations and for one individual person instead of through delicate and fallible processes like generations of species made through costly reproduction acts like civilizational projects.