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You can look at my comment history and see that I never post comments like this. This is an exception because I find this so utterly repulsive and repugnant.
by nsxwolf 13y ago
You can look at my comment history and see that I never post comments like this.
This is an exception because I find this so utterly repulsive and repugnant.
Somewhere deep down in my soul I find this just anti-human, like a bunch of transhumanist lemmings that can't wait to jump off the whole humanity train so they're going to start by eliminating food. Next comes truth, followed by beauty.
- Karunamon 13y agoAnti human? You mean like prosthetic limbs? You mean like artifical organs to replace failed natural ones? Wow, I thought the "humanist" mindset parodied in the recent deus ex game was a complete invention. Apparently it really exists. Thanks for the most absurd thing I've read all year this side of 4chan.
- nsxwolf 13y agoProsthetic limbs and organs attempt to replace their natural equivalents. Why you would think I have a problem with that, I have no idea. So far I haven't seen amputees opting for tentacles instead of legs, or people deliberately amputating healthy limbs so they can run faster with blades. That would gross me out.
- Karunamon 13y ago> Why you would think I have a problem with that, I have no idea. Because you're having this visceral, irrational reaction to what is essentially a nutritionally-modified Ensure or Slimfast or any other meal replacement drink that's been around for the past 20 years! Wait until prosthetics are on equal ground with the real thing - I'd wager once that time comes, willfully trading the real limb for an artifical one will become a real thing.
- nsxwolf 13y agoI'm sure you're right. All sorts of biomedical horrors are coming our way.
- diminoten 13y agoFood, truth, and beauty, eh? One of these is not like the other... I just don't see what makes this an ideological or philosophical question. No one's questioning what it means to be human. How boringly dramatic...
- nitrogen 13y agoWhen I have a deep aversion to something but I don't know or can't say why, I interpret it as a sign that I need to think about my philosophies until I can articulate the reason for my emotional reaction. Sometimes, I find the emotion was based on a false belief from ancient indoctrination, and I have to change my mind. So, could you articulate what makes you so opposed to the idea?