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Though I heard the name so often I never read the man, I think have to rectify that. We need to recover, and give to one another, the trust that we once gave o
by PavlovsCat 13y ago
Though I heard the name so often I never read the man, I think have to rectify that.
We need to recover, and give to one another, the trust that we once gave our placentas.
Wow! It's so refreshing to hear something like that put so strongly. When discussing politics, people often say competition and struggle is normal and lets us have all the nice things, but I like this radically different outlook much more, man should not be predator to man. After all, we can also invent things because it makes ourselves and others happy, just as an expression of our creativity or intelligence... I would even say we can't avoid it. Competition is nice, sportsmanship and/or cooperation are nicer.
- zepolud 13y agoIt's a lot less poetic if you consider that it wasn't "trust" that brought our placentas into being but a mutated retrovirus. More power to this guy if he helps people feel better about themselves and the world but he should refrain from entering public debates about "genetic engineering and economics" while presenting himself as somebody enlightened, knowledgeable or even adequately informed. It is unfair to judge him solely from this article without having read his books but what can be gathered from it and a cursory search suggests that his interest in modern science consists exclusively of surfing the current zeitgeist without actually being interested in science, or even the philosophy of science. If he indeed is "at the forefront of European intellectual life" it would be a pretty sad testament to the dismal state of contemporary philosophy.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoFair enough ^^