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 …
Yes, I noticed, and I still find it very difficult to parse the statement in the way in which you apparently did! I lack your inner context, because I see the use of "humanity" as a normative term to describe human sacredness and dignity as an invention of post-medieval humanism.
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I reject claims about humanity that don't fit all cultures over the past ten thousand years or longer. Those provide empirical evidence as to the nature of human being.
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Exactly, and it is the nature of human beings that should worry us if we care about humanity, and civilization breaks down.
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