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Comment author: wedrifid 11 November 2011 08:36:19AM *  7 points [-]

Should transhumanism occur, it will eliminate the maladaptive differences. We can make people less aggressive and not depressed.

You could, for example, make them take Prozium or forcibly rewrite their DNA. The "we can make" I am uncomfortable with. Who are 'you' to make me not have a trait that I am perfectly content with? The potential for more fundamental invasive interference is not something I would eagerly anticipate.

(While the references are just fictional evidence with respect to how the future may be the are actual evidence and illustration of preferences people may have about other technologically advanced agents trying to make them other than they are.)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 November 2011 03:04:45PM 3 points [-]

I can see how maybe my verbiage was unclear, and I apologize.

I did not intend the word "make" to mean to force them to change. I meant "make" as in create/change. People would want to change and transhumanism would help create those changes.

I may edit for better word usage. Thank you. :)

Comment author: curiousepic 11 November 2011 03:34:02PM *  2 points [-]

Please do edit it, no reason not to, and it stands out pretty clearly.