Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Moondog
From : Dennisk
Date : Fri Aug 21 2020 08:50:00

-=> Moondog wrote to Andeddu <=-

 Mo>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 Mo>   By: Andeddu to Dennisk on Wed Aug 19 2020 05:16 pm

 >
 > I believe we are a long way off a world with no physical/mental adversity. I
 > understand that going though hardship can create character, which in turn ca
 > create a better person. There are, however, a huge number of truly awful peo
 > who think nothing of causing harm to others. I know this is also a problem w
 > our judicial system, as it doesn't appear to deter deplorable and heinous ac
 >
 > Sam Harris talks of a world where there is no human caused suffering. In ord
 > to make such a world possible, one would be incapable of causing unnecessary
 > harm to another person/creatre. Perhaps something like gene manipulation cou
 > work in the future... from what I know, empathy (although still does not
 > prevent a person from killing another person) can mitigate the desire in a
 > person to cause harm/suffering to another. A high empathy population would
 > proper, I believe, and would be as close to a humane (and free-willed) utopi
 > society as I can imagine.
 >
 Mo> I'd hate to see the human race being bred into being a bunch of sheep.
 Mo> We are not farm animals to be genetically altered to go to slaughter.
 Mo> We are intelligent, self aware beings who are capable of more than
 Mo> acting on instincts and primal urges.  It will take awhile for everyone
 Mo> to come onboard, however I believe a philosphy based on people treating
 Mo> others the wish they be treated can be adopted.

Isn't that basically what Jesus was teaching?

 Mo >The biggest part of
 Mo> this is finding the common thread behind all nations and creeds and
 Mo> establish common ground. Henry Rollins, a musician also know n for
 Mo> spoken word performances spoke of an idea he had about dropping all the
 Mo> even numbered Ramones albums on one side of the Israeli border and all
 Mo> the odd number albums in Palestinian controlled territory.  The day
 Mo> will come where the troops will be massing and getting ready to fight,
 Mo> then someone on the opposite side will hear some music that sounds
 Mo> familiar, but the song is unknown.  Eventually the gates ope n and
 Mo> peace treaties will be authored as a means to exchange the albums the
 Mo> other side has not heard.

 Mo> This is a bit ridiculous, however there has to be a way to establish
 Mo> peace and common ground without breeding people into being sheep.

IF you breed people into sheep, they will be MORE likely to commit mass
violence.  Nazi Germany wasn't exactly populated by people who were free to
express their own moral and political ideas, and challenge the mandated
morality.

The idea about dropping Ramone's albums sounds cute, but is ridiculous.  I
think a good start towards a better society is not thinking that celebrities
with opinions are a good source of guidance.  A society is pretty broken when
it thinks that Madonna's opinion of French politics for example, somehow
carries any weight.

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