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Add giving them goggles for when they don't see well.

Ear devices for when they don't hear well.

A wheelchair for when they can't walk.

I'm afraid when Darwin passes by ( other group of gorillas) and the word of the strongest will be law.

( Just thinking out loud, with controversy :) )



Technology assures long term survival and it is in a species best interest to develop them. That is apparent. Now the question is how do you nurture technological development?


I can agree somewhat.

Except if it makes genetics weaker on the very long term and tech becomes a requirement instead of optional.

Glasses, smoking, IVF,...

Ps. I wear goggles myselve. And I know the above will be a hated opinion.


It makes genetics different. Your argument sets the default environment to be fit for the stone age one. I can respect that, but it needs to be put explicitly more often than it is.

It could go like "If we were to suddenly revert to, in the far future, some sort of stone age like environment, our distant descendants may be very unfit for that environment. This would be unfortunate."


> Add giving them goggles for when they don't see well.

see no evil

> Ear devices for when they don't hear well.

hear no evil

> A wheelchair for when they can't walk.

...okay, you lost me there


Congratulations, you've reinvented eugenics.




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