06-14-2020, 11:03 AM
(06-13-2020, 05:52 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(06-13-2020, 07:42 AM)David Horn Wrote:(06-13-2020, 05:44 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote:(06-12-2020, 07:41 AM)David Horn Wrote:(06-12-2020, 02:29 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote: Homo galacticus will be freer than Homo sapiens, because he will be less enslaved by evolved psychology inherited from cavemen. Freer, and at the same time more spontaneously virtuous. There will more diversity of personalities, but dangerous traits like sadism and psychopathy won't be present.
What we are, and how we react to our environment, has been baked-in over the entirety of human existence. Some we inherited from much earlier life, like fight or flight. I have a hard time seeing that being wiped away by moving our progeny into space, unless homo galacticus isn't derived from us.
Homo galacticus will have all that is best in us, and things which aren't so wholesome will be either eliminated or subdued. I don't say it'll happen as a result of moving into space, but as a result of genetic engineering.
And as for race mixing and downplaying ethnic heritage, Mars will be more American than America. A melted pot on steroids!
That's a beautiful vision neither of us will see. It's beautiful nonetheless. If it happens, and I remain a sceptic, it will require a full saeculum to implement.
Sounds like a Brigadoon type vision, doesn’t it?
Since we're citing Broadway musicals, sometimes things really are good in Glocca Morra.
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