• doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Don't get me wrong, I'm all for scientific progress, I was just saying that I don't think the author's primary concern is necessarily us outliving the Sun or the heat death of the Universe or whatever

    • YoungMarxBans [he/him]
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      That's not the point he's making. What is inherently good about humanity that would suggest there's merit to preserving it? The European attitude would be progress is an inherent good for progresses sake, but many other cultures have different conceptions - that death is just something that will happen, and that it is not tragic more than it's the natural state of the universe.

      • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
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        It is good to be comfortable with the inevitability of one's own death, but I draw the line at anything that would impair our ability to keep death at bay. Death is inevitable. Death from influenza or pancreatic cancer is not. These are surmountable challenges, and to do so is unequivocally good.

        I take issue with spiritualism as an ideological outlook precisely because it has a strong tendency to say that something is good because it is natural.