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petermobeter t1_j4op1u7 wrote

this is relevent to the singularity community! nick bostrom is an influential figure. this is a big scandal, it makes sense to have a post about this

i guess the mods are playing it safe. trying to avoid politics. but u know, sometimes politics invades a community. thats life.

edit: for the record, i think eugenics is bad, and saying the n-word is bad, altho i think genetic modification/gene therapy might be useful someday for humans as long as it’s used for diseases that are universally seen as bad (as opposed to things like autism & down syndrome that have some defenders).

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rixtil41 t1_j4opboe wrote

But the singularity is not dependent on nick.

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arachnivore OP t1_j4opb5y wrote

Everything is political. ESPECIALLY THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF HUMANITY & SENTIENCE.

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