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Commented on Federov's Rapture
To move closer to the topic: transhumanism is still valid, even though it traces its roots back through invalid la-la land. It may well be inachievable or indesirable, but if we can postulate a goal and outline a roadmap for...
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scentofviolets commented on
Federov's Rapture
Oh, yeah, that one; that was definitely Strauss :-)...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Federov's Rapture
Nazism was many things, but fundamentally it was a radical break with Judeo-Christian thinking, the likes of which has never been seen in Christian era. Nazism truly was an outbreak of something "Other" Rubbish. Nazism was deeply rooted in Christian thinking -- specifically 19th century anti-semitism with taproots going back to Martin Luther. It was also deeply rooted in German nationalist mystical thinking about "blood and soil"; behind the futurist trappings and design values there were some very messy archaicisms. Oh, and I'd like to take exception to the use of the phrase "Judeo-Christian thinking". The "Judeo-" prefix is virtually...
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scentofviolets commented on
Federov's Rapture
Yes! I'm always annoyed when I here someone going on about "Judeo-Christian Values"--especially claiming that the US was founded on them. They're usually talking about the 10 Statements, though there's nothing Christian about them. Since the "Judeo-Christian Values" seem to be just a vaguely worded appeal to Abrahamic religions, maybe we should say that the U.S. was founded on Judeo-Christian-Islamic values ;-)...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Federov's Rapture
Authoritarian doctrines almost invariably hate and fear their rivals, except when they're closely compatible, and separated by geopolitical barriers (for example, Hitler's NSDAP and Mussolini's regime). Even when followers of opposed doctrines make a pact to work together for a while -- the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact springs to mind -- they tend to come to blows eventually....
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john.ohno commented on
Federov's Rapture
I have on occasion tried to make the argument that while whether or not free will exists is irrelevant, whether or not people believe they have free will is quite relevant (because it affects things like locus of control, etc.) This gets into pragmatist versus existentialist territory, because it brings up the question of whether or not it is preferable to knowingly and willingly deceive yourself with doublethink in order to improve the quality of life of yourself and others. It also runs me up against people who like to argue about philosophical zombies and pretend that philosophical zombies are...
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