ChristianKl comments on Interpersonal Entanglement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin92 14 December 2015 02:06:13PM *  0 points [-]

Thought: Something we could do (eventually) to make the world a better place is to use technology to upgrade every man's body. Make most men taller, more muscular, leaner, etc. Men who currently have relatively less attractive bodies will get a larger upgrade than men who have relatively more attractive bodies to make it fair. But make sure there is still variety in what men's bodies look like.

Do this until the average man is as sexually attractive to the average women as the average woman is to the average man. That would solve a lot of problems. And I don't think either gender would be uncomfortable with that scenario.

Edit: We could also upgrade things like smell and voice timbre.

Edit2: The gym is not nearly as powerful as the technology I'm talking about. I'm talking about some kind of biotechnology or transhuman technology

Comment author: ChristianKl 14 December 2015 10:19:31PM 3 points [-]

We have that technology. It's called "The Gym". People who are already muscular gain less additional attractiveness from it.

Comment author: Kevin92 15 December 2015 10:49:17PM 0 points [-]

Original comment edited to account for this objection.