Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Interpersonal Entanglement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 December 2015 01:25:08AM *  2 points [-]

The gym is not nearly as powerful as the technology I'm talking about. I'm talking about biotechnology / transhuman technology.

Yes, but the gym has a decisive advantage: it's real and the transhuman technology is imaginary.

Men given the genetic short end of the stick can't reasonably expect to look fit no matter how much they work out

That's flat out false. Men given the genetic short end of the stick cannot be expected to win the Olympics. But just looking fit a very low bar. By the way, the ripped look is mostly a function of low (<10%) body fat, not of how much you lift.

there would be an incentive for men to look diverse to match the diversity of women's desires

Which aren't all that diverse if you're talking about looks.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 16 December 2015 04:12:21AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but the gym has a decisive advantage: it's real and the transhuman technology is imaginary.

In the context of the comment thread about a sci-fi story that's not terribly relevant, though.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 16 December 2015 05:59:54PM 0 points [-]

Huh, for some reason I was under the impression that this was the comment thread to this other post.