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[egypturnash]

What is it about transhuman thought that seems to freak people out? circuit_four has been grumping lately about the number of TV shows and movies that present transhumanism as Meddling With Things Man Was Not Meant To Know, and the last few paragraphs in this article on extreme caloric restriction as a life-extending mechanism take that same bent.

It's like there's some sort of defense mechanism in our bodies, our culture, that wants to react against the idea of possibly not dying, of transcending the limits of what we were born with. I don't know if I'll make it to the point where life extension is something I can afford, I don't know if I'll manage to move my mind off of the biological processes it was born on. I'll welcome the possibility if I can get it.

Do these people sound cultish and crazy to the writer because they are, or are they cultish-sounding the same way, say, a Mac user sounds to a Windows person: something that works so well they can't believe they ever did it the hard way? I dunno.

hell, I'm already modifying my body in "unnatural" ways what with the transition...

Comments

[koogrr.livejournal.com]

Gods, so much number work. I hate diets.

Yes, I believe CR is true, and I think it's a very simple mechanism. Your body can process X calories, ever, during your entire life. Not sure what that number is, but you eat away at it quickly or slowly and when you're done, you're done.

[turbinerocks.livejournal.com]

Seems a bit *too* simple for me, reducing the fountain of youth to one magical thing you can do. I can of course accept that one will ravage their body by eating too much or eating junk food, but my longevity money would be on people who eat a more "normal" diet and exercise regularly.