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Geoffrey Miller
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Evolutionary psych professor; wrote some books. Into the deep past & far future, esp. genes, minds, civilizations, sex, freedom, families, & Effective Altruism.

New Mexico
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    Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Oct 23

    What's the dumbest, most inhumane, most unethical line in any Marvel superhero movie? Here's my nomination.pic.twitter.com/9jehtElcQc

    9:20 PM - 23 Oct 2018
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      2. Niklas Blanchard  🐻 📊 🏎️ 🏍️‏ @cheapseatsecon Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        I take from this that you are an "anti-deather", a position which I've noticed has come into vogue for libertarians on FB and Twitter. Most will inpugn the term "meaning", but that is simply sloppy terminology. What is meant is "context".

        1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
      3. Shea Bigsby‏ @SheaBigs84 Oct 24
        Replying to @cheapseatsecon @primalpoly

        What is the “anti-deather” position, exactly? Is it tied to an interest in longevity technology/medicine, or something else?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Oct 24
        Replying to @SheaBigs84 @cheapseatsecon

        It's opposition to what Aubrey de Grey calls the 'pro-death trance' -- the view that assumes death is good and worth saving just because we're used to it happening. It's the main obstacle to funding longevity research.

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      2. Alejandro Rujano‏ @Cognomada Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Alejandro Rujano Retweeted Atheist Republic

        I disagree.https://twitter.com/AtheistRepublic/status/972528930744885251 …

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        Atheist Republic @AtheistRepublic
        If you could live forever, would you? pic.twitter.com/ZUx5aNC5Jk
        1 reply 0 retweets 50 likes
      3. smokatoke‏ @smokatokey Oct 24
        Replying to @Cognomada @primalpoly

        👏 clearly the OP didn’t think this one through before posting for an attention grab

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Napoleon‏ @TomoyukiYamash Oct 24
        Replying to @primalpoly

        “The meaning of life is that it ends” ― Franz Kafka

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      2. David Moore‏ @davidcoreymoore Oct 24
        Replying to @primalpoly

        How is this inhumane or unethical? What it means is that knowing your impermanence in life should motivate you to cherish every second of it. Not to live your life in fear of the inevitability of death.

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      2. Coffee is for closers‏ @Beersforopeners Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Your intense hatred of mortality is understandable but not an intellectually defensible position.

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      1. Skimp Dreads Stokes‏ @ShitStokesSays Oct 24
        Replying to @primalpoly

        What’s the dumbest,most ill-advised, most asinine tweet I’ve seen today? Taking a movie quote completely out of context while entirely missing the point

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      1. Tony Hrvatska  🦃 🇭🇷 🇯🇪‏ @tonybalogna Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        ratio time

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      2. Tony Hrvatska  🦃 🇭🇷 🇯🇪‏ @tonybalogna Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Memento mori. You’re not going to escape it no matter how smart or successful you think you are.

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. josh deets‏ @holdfastdeets Oct 24
        Replying to @tonybalogna @primalpoly

        Got that tattooed as filler. Stoicism FTE

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. josh deets‏ @holdfastdeets Oct 24
        Replying to @holdfastdeets @tonybalogna @primalpoly

        FTW*

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      2. Steve Phillips‏ @rumpletig Oct 23
        Replying to @primalpoly

        Not a fan of the Buddhist approach? Contemplating death need not be morbid, & instructions on meditating on death can lead to rich appreciation & acceptance I find that contemplating that one day I will live my last half an hour gives me a heightened presence for this 30 minutespic.twitter.com/WNz7LoZhUl

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. josh deets‏ @holdfastdeets Oct 24
        Replying to @rumpletig @primalpoly

        Buddhism and Stoicism work pretty well together

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      2. Matthew Facciani‏ @MatthewFacciani Oct 24
        Replying to @primalpoly

        That's probably one of the better lines in that movie because it is so bland lol. "Life is short and finite so appreciate it" is generic advice sure, but I fail to see how that is unethical unless I'm missing another meaning.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Owen Jenkins‏ @OwenJenkins_ Oct 24
        Replying to @MatthewFacciani @primalpoly

        It's not saying life is short. Its saying death serves not only an important function (true) but a positive one (false). Imagine this as a response to say... The germ theory of disease and you'll notice what It's getting wrong.

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      4. Owen Jenkins‏ @OwenJenkins_ Oct 24
        Replying to @OwenJenkins_ @MatthewFacciani @primalpoly

        Death doesn't give life a meaning, it gives it an often painful end. The quote implies that pursuing ways of staving off death Mandarin life of its purpose. It's pretty immoral when you think about it.

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      5. Matthew Facciani‏ @MatthewFacciani Oct 24
        Replying to @OwenJenkins_ @primalpoly

        Ah, yeah I didn't think it would be that insipid lol. I really didn't like that movie, but if that's the intended meaning, it's just that much worse!

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