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You know this is how we will end eventually in the best case. We won’t master our biology, we will simply transcend it by pro-creating offspring that have somet
by seanmcdirmid 1y ago
You know this is how we will end eventually in the best case. We won’t master our biology, we will simply transcend it by pro-creating offspring that have something better. It’s also a much easier solution than untangling evolved biological systems that are not designed to last for what have been very beneficial reasons (e.g. scientific advances occur via death of the old guard).
- kelnos 1y agoI think this is reasonably likely. We need to remember that our bodies are evolutionarily optimized for getting to childbearing years, and then living long enough to get our children to a point where they can be independent. After that there are really no evolutionary pressures keeping us around. Untangling all that and re-engineering ourselves (biologically) to overcome that is probably a pretty monumental task; starting from scratch with something simpler (and perhaps non-biological) might be easier, with sufficiently advanced technology.
- aradox66 1y agoArguably there are some evolutionary advantages to the presence of elders in social species with cultural transmission but your point stands