Posted: Jan 12, 2017 7:04 am
Pebble wrote:Cito di Pense wrote: I thought you were beginning to get it at that point. The fact of death is just there to remind you that you only have so much time to decide, and then the matter will drop. Concerning oneself with humanity as a whole as a means of deferring individual decision is (you got it) from vestigial religion.
This creates an interesting conundrum. As an individual I know exactly where I am going sooner or later. When I die any 'achievement' etc is of no further value to me. The knowledge I create or help create can 'evolve', but only in the minds of other humans - at present. So as I see it I am in a bind, either I invest in human knowledge, or accept the role of a polynucleotide transmission device. Do you have a third way?
Yes, a third way (one of many) is to stop dichotomizing everything.
i could entertain your question seriously. Either ask a more thoughtful question, or be happy with somebody else's answer, because you won't like mine. It still sounds like you've just discovered Jacob Bronowski and The Ascent of Man and can't stop playing with it.
Since it is going to turn out badly for the individual and his genome, lots of folks just have children, perhaps a few too many, just to make sure their nucleotides go somewhere. You can see what that's led to. Other animals have population explosions and outstrip their food supply or because their predators are having problems. Humans invent excuses. What did you fucking think I was gonna say?