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>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. That's kind of strong... >It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazie
by devcpp 14y ago
>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives.
That's kind of strong...
>It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier.
You seem to believe that humans are supposed to use their muscles to do stuff. But why should we not voluntarily "evolve" to become intelligences that control our environment through our brains and harness it through minimal interactions? Is our goal not to discover everything and discard unimportant distractions such as opening the fridge and going to the mall from the seeking of knowledge?
It's a matter of opinions, but just remember that this is not intrinsincally bad. If we can alter our bodies to become detached from physical needs such as feeding, sleeping and everything that we do to prevent our deaths, I can say I'd embrace it.
- kunai 14y agoI admit, the suicide part was far-fetched, but tell me once that you'd like to sit in front of a computer all day, absorbing knowledge endlessly. No food. No walking. No sleeping. No sex. Tell me that you would want that. Who wants to be a brain?
- zimbatm 14y agome
- Cushman 14y agoI am a brain, wired permanently to a pretty primitive first-run body. It works okay, but it's all downhill for the next fifty-eighty years or so. Why on earth wouldn't I want to upgrade that?
- samstave 14y agoYour body is not primitive, try becoming advanced at a complex martial art, a sport or an artisan of a beautiful craft. Look into history at the things built with our bodies. The only thing primitive is thinking that our bodies are not exquisite works of artistic science in this utterly beautiful universe.
- Cushman 14y agoImagine a descendant of humanity fifty thousand years from now unearthing my bones and tell me I'm not primitive. When you worship the beauty and wonder of the universe, don't forget to include the most wonderful part: the future.
- samstave 14y agoWhile that may be true, your conscious only experiences the Now, and focusing on what other form conscious will take in the future and not enjoying what you are now could rob you of deeply experience what you already are.
- Cushman 14y agoOne of the things I'm experiencing Now is a sense of limitless unfolding possibility for the future. Ignoring that would also rob me of a deep experience of what I have.
- NegativeK 14y ago> No food. No walking. No sleeping. No sex. That's quite hyperbolic. Is it unacceptable laziness to use a dishwasher, even though it's more efficient? A car to travel two miles? A remote instead of walking over to the TV? Cruise control on your car? A riding mower instead of a self-propelled walk behind? We've always been pushing for ways that let us do things with less effort. I think we just need to accept that in order to stay healthy, we need to be active in ways we enjoy instead of by relying on doing things the hard way/slightly less easy way.
- kunai 14y agoI agree, however, that's not what the person I replied to was implying.