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[deleted] OP t1_j4fehm5 wrote

Reply to comment by AndromedaAnimated in What void are people trying to fill with transhumanism? by [deleted]

I'm saying it doesn't solve our existential problems.

It just puts bandaids on the wounds. It won't shield you from seeing a meaningless reality and deconstructing everyone you love on a daily basis, or finding yourself unable to ignore the illusory nature of self.

IQ does a lot of funny things when people actually have it at the top level.

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AndromedaAnimated t1_j4fi2bl wrote

I agree with the bandaid metaphor wholeheartedly. Of course I also still prefer having a bandaid protect my wound against infection.

The problem with the void inside our hearts is not that it cannot be filled in my opinion (as it can, every kind of wireheading temporarily fills it) but that our heart gets depleted again and again. It’s the way our brains and hearts function, and the reason for them to function like this is their connection to our bodies.

We evolved to feel pain and to suffer because we needed pain and suffering as indicators of danger/harm and unfulfilled need to survive.

Now we could see this as the meaning of life.

Or we could try and change this meaning, transcend it.

The latter is what transhumanism as philosophy attempts - at least how I understand it.

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