Wow, such hate; to him medieval people aren't even human: "'You end up with a medieval level of culture,' Church says. 'To me that is the end of humanity.'"https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/could-science-destroy-world-these-scholars-want-save-us-modern-day-frankenstein …
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I wouldn't call those conditions inhuman, though I might call inhumane someone who forced others into such conditions when other options were possible.
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Yes, that difference in the use of the word might be the root of the misunderstanding! Church likely didn't use "humanity" as normative, but descriptive for civilizational attainment. I find it implausible that he would consider people living under medieval conditions as subhuman
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