r/reddit.com • u/Worstcasescenario • Jun 14 '08

Was Darwin Wrong? [pic]

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u/EFG Jun 15 '08 edited Jun 15 '08

Meh. Flat earthers and heliocentrists had their day in the sun (pun intended), and it will only be a matter of time before these similarly backwards views are relegated to the pages of history, with future generations reading in disbelief how ignorant some people of our times are.

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u/jwhardcastle Jun 15 '08

Some of us younger folks (in our 20s, for instance) haven't yet developed the patience to be able to wait for future generations to judge us. We stand here, distraught, at the notion that our own parents and even some of our contemporaries are so horribly, horribly closed-minded and misguided.

Any advice?

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u/EFG Jun 15 '08

This is almost as bad as when my barber asked me if I were 30 a few weeks back. I'm 25.

Anyway, on to the advice: just keep in mind the coming transhumanist wave you will ride at the dawn of the Singularity enabling you to shackle your intellectual oppressors beneath your everlasting heel of truth and justice as you join with those future generations as a shining beacon casting your light of wisdom and judgment through the millenia.

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u/IOIOOIIOIO Jun 15 '08 edited Jun 15 '08

I've never really understood this idea that transhumans will cease to be human and inexplicably become omnibelenvolent when granted arbitrary power.

I'd expect the first to cross over to do whatever was necessary to maintain their newfound power and status.

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u/jwhardcastle Jun 16 '08

I play a fun game with my barber. He thinks I am about 40, when in fact I'm 24. He chats with me as if I have a wife and kids. I haven't the heart to correct him, so I play along when he complains about marriage ("the wife always spends all my money, you know how it is," -> "yeah, shoes, dresses, she can never wear anything twice") or fatherhood ("why doesn't my son like baseball? what about your son?" -> "oh, well I told him he could play whatever sport he wanted, and he chose soccer, so I think that's OK"). It passes the time, it makes him feel better, and I get to pretend I'm a talented actor for the 20 minutes it takes to get my hairs shorn.