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We are human bodies.
by guerrilla 2y ago
We are human bodies.
- chimpanzee 2y agoAmen.
- exe34 2y agoReplace it one cell at a time. Ship of Theseus awaits to set sail.
- guerrilla 2y agoBodies are processes, like chemical reactions or baseball games, not "objects." No problem.
- exe34 2y agoobjects undergo processes. atoms in your body are replaced over a period of hours-years.
- chimpanzee 2y agoIs a tornado an object or a process?
- exe34 2y agois there a lot of tornadoes in a vacuum?
- chimpanzee 2y agoJust one big one, afaik. I’m no vacuum engineer though
- reverius42 2y agoIs a thought an object or a process?
- exe34 2y agodoes a thought occur in a vacuum?
- srveale 2y agoHomo sapiens is subject to speciation just like every other animal. Then there's cyborgs...
- marcusverus 2y ago>98% of humans born in first-world countries reach adulthood and have the chance to reproduce. This number will asymptotically approach 100% as we ascend. Is speciation possible in such circumstances?
- srveale 2y agoSpeciation would happen over hundreds or thousands of years. I doubt the notion of first world countries will outlast that time frame, even more so the 100% reproduction opportunity. Isolated populations could come from space colonies, geographic isolation from war or extreme climate events, rich people with exclusive genetic upgrades, cyborg implants that make it possible to only reproduce with other cyborgs. Just off the top of my head. If you're less patient, give it enough time the old fashioned way and homo sapiens as they are today would eventually not be able to reproduce with their descendants. Genetic drift.