We are always being shaped by natural selection, including now (high fertility wins), but we have a chance to regulate and select ourselves.
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Replying to @PoisonAero @Thoma_Valiant
Are there any positive grounds for belief in that humanistic conceit?
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Replying to @Outsideness @Thoma_Valiant
That we can regulate ourselves? Yes, we do regulate our behavior in other ways. We don't allow murder, for example.
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Replying to @Thoma_Valiant @Outsideness
I don't think so, actually. Pretty hard to sell massive wars or genocide. Pretty easy to sell people on not having kids.
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Replying to @PoisonAero @Thoma_Valiant
You're just creating a new selection mechanism. The people who listen to you die out, those that ignore you go forth and multiply.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Thoma_Valiant
Yes and no. Yes, it is a new selection mechanism. No, it doesn't select against the people who "listen" to me. I said it has to be imposed.
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Replying to @Thoma_Valiant @Outsideness
No, it just means using state power to prevent collective irrationality, which is the point of having the state.
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We've seen where this logic leads. Exactly here.
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