...and being sarcastic. I think he is saying that transhumanism implies anyone who disagrees is some kind of neo-luddite, and people who disagree with transhumanism are defined as such, ergo that is how transhumanism as a philosophy views proper science. Reductio ad absurdum, but beginning with the absurd logical conclusion instead of ending with it.
You should ask him what he means though, maybe I have misunderstood as well...
I disagree - I think transhumanism is wacky, and i'm not condemning technological or scientific progress by saying so. It's not a scientific position or whatever, it's a religious belief. I'm cool with other people having it but it's not what I believe personally.
Aww, I like his style of writing. He is actually a pretty cool guy if you don't take it personally when he disagrees with you. ;p
I don't take it personally when it he disagrees with me; I take it personally when he mocks me for not agreeing with his half-demented method of proposing his ideas, or calls me a troll for saying that his display was insufficient to convince a rational person.
I can only conclude that you're altogether too tolerant of him.
As for transhumanism, it is belief predicated on extreme technological advancement. I'm sure it's religious for some people, but the basic idea (technology advances to the point where human biology is replaced with technology) is hardly wacky. Transhumanists, however, may be very wacky.
What makes transhumanism wacky to you? I personally don't believe that a change of context will really change the human condition; if anything, it seems to make it worse.
Or, to put it in a more familiar context, are you saying you wouldn't rather be a Cylon?
That is a really weird redefinition of the word "Luddite". I don't think I've ever heard anyone try to claim the term as a positive label, as that person appears to be doing. Although, the rest of the claims anosognosia is making are incomprehensible enough that I might have misunderstood which position was supposed to be positive and which negative.
To be fair, it's been put forward that he's being facetious. I think he's being douchey.
Though, on the other hand, if you believe that technology can move too fast, and that this effect could bring about apocalypse, that's pretty much anti-transhumanist, in a sense, isn't it?
The most succinct philosophy I've ever come across about the role of technology in society came from, of all places, a video game. Metroid Prime 3, to be exact. The statement: "The old and the new must be in harmony." I'm sure someone else of greater stature than the good folks at Nintendo said it first, but I always thought it was a good course of action. I liken it to a hologram Buddha.
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...and being sarcastic. I think he is saying that transhumanism implies anyone who disagrees is some kind of neo-luddite, and people who disagree with transhumanism are defined as such, ergo that is how transhumanism as a philosophy views proper science. Reductio ad absurdum, but beginning with the absurd logical conclusion instead of ending with it.
You should ask him what he means though, maybe I have misunderstood as well...
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But if Anos is being sarcastic, it's hard to tell most of the time.
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Aww, I like his style of writing. He is actually a pretty cool guy if you don't take it personally when he disagrees with you. ;p
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I can only conclude that you're altogether too tolerant of him.
As for transhumanism, it is belief predicated on extreme technological advancement. I'm sure it's religious for some people, but the basic idea (technology advances to the point where human biology is replaced with technology) is hardly wacky. Transhumanists, however, may be very wacky.
What makes transhumanism wacky to you? I personally don't believe that a change of context will really change the human condition; if anything, it seems to make it worse.
Or, to put it in a more familiar context, are you saying you wouldn't rather be a Cylon?
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Though, on the other hand, if you believe that technology can move too fast, and that this effect could bring about apocalypse, that's pretty much anti-transhumanist, in a sense, isn't it?
On that view, being a luddite wouldn't be so bad.
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Isn't that pretty much his default MO?
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Where in the game did they say that? I don't remember it.
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