u/Rhoswen

No news, I know, but still. This barbaric rule of Planet Earth dictates EVERYTHING.

As mundane as it sounds, I already had this realization as a child observing red and green traffic lights. Green for one side means red for the other. Winning in one game (most games are competitive) means that another person loses.

On the most microscopic level, our bodies constantly fight bacteria and viruses. Thinking about this, because I suffer from a painful UTI right now.

Even our body cells sometimes fight each other.

Did you know that cancer origins in a cell breaking the "cell contact" and tries to override other cells with its script? It may ignore signals telling it when to stop dividing, evade programmed cell death, and eventually expand at the expense of surrounding tissue.

Fleeting peace can only exist at the expense of someone else or when two equally strong forces temporarily compromise.

No thanks. Earth 2/5 ⭐, never again.

(It's not one star because people would opt out otherwise and Earth would be quite empty)

Hartmann thought humanity would have to pass through three major illusions before it could finally reject existence. First in earthly pleasures and goals (dopamine), then we move hope to an afterlife, and finally we place it in future progress through science, technology, and social reform. He believed humanity would eventually exhaust all three and then realize that the problem is life itself.

Which is more convincing to you? Hope in pleasure, after death, future technology and policies, or extinction?

My main argument is that Pearce’s proposal requires much more than eliminating pain. It would require redesigned warning signals, altered human behavior, modified animals, and permanent management of the biosphere.

I’m interested in hearing the opinions of those who don’t share my view on extinction being preferable, and are more knowledgeable on transhumanist ideas than I. What am I missing from a transhumanist perspective?

Also, is there anything that you think would be a problem in a pain free reality that wasn’t mentioned? I’ve thought of one thing just now that I wish I put in the video. Masochists.

CERN is working on/planning some new projects that could form the base of future research for universal extinction. This will allow them to get a better understanding of the Higgs boson, which is important for vacuum decay. And also dark matter, which might be another solution in the future.

Obviously not the best way to go if one can avoid it. I think the quote is meant to say that something as bad as that is still preferable to the horrors that they can and often do.

I’m surprised she didn’t claim it's also sexist. I’ve heard that one a few times before. I don’t think I’ve ever heard the racism claim. Has anyone else come across this belief before?