Comments on: Misunderstanding Sex http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/misunderstanding-sex/ Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/misunderstanding-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Will Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:23:31 +0000 http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1566#comment-405 Point taken. I think that's inevitable when people elaborate too heavily on their vision of the future. Despite their best efforts to be objective and fair, their cognitive biases, blind spots, and arbitrary values always wind up creeping in somewhere. Which is exactly why we need people like you to point them out. Point taken. I think that’s inevitable when people elaborate too heavily on their vision of the future. Despite their best efforts to be objective and fair, their cognitive biases, blind spots, and arbitrary values always wind up creeping in somewhere. Which is exactly why we need people like you to point them out.

]]> By: Kyle Munkittrick http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/misunderstanding-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Kyle Munkittrick Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:28:50 +0000 http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1566#comment-404 The vitriol came from the "we should give up X because unforeseeable future Y is a moral imperative" stream of logic. You can get a room full of Singulitarians and transhumanists ranting and raving about Christianity, but somehow their own messiah/rapture complex is acceptable because it's right? Please. The vitriol came from the “we should give up X because unforeseeable future Y is a moral imperative” stream of logic. You can get a room full of Singulitarians and transhumanists ranting and raving about Christianity, but somehow their own messiah/rapture complex is acceptable because it’s right? Please.

]]> By: Will http://www.popbioethics.com/2010/01/misunderstanding-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Will Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:41:55 +0000 http://www.poptranshumanism.com/?p=1566#comment-401 Not sure I'm behind the vitriol of your response, but thanks for pointing out that it's a lot more complex than simple biology. We shouldn't forget the lessons of evolutionary psychology, namely that we are beings driven (among other things) by selfish genes and the desire to reproduce. But too many transhumanists and singularitarians use these lessons to gloss over all the interesting and valuable bits that human minds and culture have added to the basic biological facts, especially since we've managed to almost completely divorce sex from reproduction. It's like saying politics is just about making sure our tribe wins out over others; that may be one of the base motivations, and it's a useful lens to view our actions through, but there's a whole lot more there if you look close enough. Not sure I’m behind the vitriol of your response, but thanks for pointing out that it’s a lot more complex than simple biology. We shouldn’t forget the lessons of evolutionary psychology, namely that we are beings driven (among other things) by selfish genes and the desire to reproduce. But too many transhumanists and singularitarians use these lessons to gloss over all the interesting and valuable bits that human minds and culture have added to the basic biological facts, especially since we’ve managed to almost completely divorce sex from reproduction.

It’s like saying politics is just about making sure our tribe wins out over others; that may be one of the base motivations, and it’s a useful lens to view our actions through, but there’s a whole lot more there if you look close enough.

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