Roko comments on Savulescu: "Genetically enhance humanity or face extinction" - Less Wrong

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Comment deleted 15 January 2010 05:58:00PM [-]
Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 January 2010 09:38:45PM 2 points [-]

To whoever downvoted Roko's comment -- check out the distinction between these ideas:

Comment author: ciphergoth 16 January 2010 11:20:15AM *  1 point [-]

I'd volunteer and I'm sure I'm not the only one here.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 16 January 2010 11:47:06AM 0 points [-]

You're not, though I'm not sure I'd be an especially useful data source.

Comment author: RobinZ 16 January 2010 03:38:33PM 0 points [-]

I've met at least one person who would like a synesthesia on-off switch for their brain - that would make your data useful right there.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 17 January 2010 05:49:12AM 1 point [-]

Looks to me like that'd be one of the more complicated things to pull off, unfortunately. Too bad; I know a few people who'd like that, too.

Comment author: Morendil 15 January 2010 07:59:57PM 0 points [-]

Please expand on what "the end" means in this case. What do you expect we would gain from perfecting whole-brain emulation, I assume of humans ? How does that get us out of our current mess, exactly ?

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