An architecture of mind based entirely on information-sensitive gradients of well-being simply isn’t genetically credible — David Pearce
Oh and also: does he know a good term for anti-hedonist views in general? Because I feel like I’m sorely lacking any catch-all term that doesn’t name something more specific than just that. — Pfhorrest
Global warming? There are geoengineering fixes. — David Pearce
Schopenhauer1
I share your bleak diagnosis of Darwinian life:
https://www.hedweb.com/quora/2015.html#antinatal
But David Benatar and other “hard” antinatalists simply don’t get to grips with the argument from selection pressure. Antinatalists can’t hope to win:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/gods-little-rabbits-religious-people-out-reproduce-secular-ones-by-a-landslide/
See too my response to Down The Rabbit Hole above. — David Pearce
Only transhumanism can civilise the world. — David Pearce
You say the transhumanist vision “scares” you? Why exactly? — David Pearce
Recall that over 850,000 people take their own lives each year. Hundreds of millions of people suffer from depression and chronic pain. Billions of nonhuman animals suffer and die in factory-farms and slaughterhouses. I could go on, but I’m sure you get my point. Life doesn't have to be this way. — David Pearce
Quasi-immortal life based on gradients of intelligent bliss needn't be as scary as it sounds.
However, as far as I can tell, the external world is inferred, not perceived. — David Pearce
However, as far as I can tell, the external world is inferred, not perceived. — David Pearce
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