I think that's only the beginning of flaws in his argument.
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 29/07/2011 09:54:27 PM
He is definitely glorifying the "hunter-gatherer" days and seems to have very little idea of what that actually entailed.
Then his whole description of "most" people's lives is well...even if you assume that most people are married with kids, working regimented office/service jobs, to assume that most of them are working in the worst Office Space style misery, coming home to a broken marriage with horrible kids is uhm, a bit much. And I doubt even that root assumption that that is "most people's" life situation is correct. What about all the farmers, teachers, medical professionals, artists, musicians, construction workers, park rangers, fire men, police men, etc...etc... There are plenty of professions with plenty of people that don't fit the "9-5 office/retail" stereotype.
Yah, dude. If you assume that hunting/gathering was heaven on earth (it's not) and everyone was working the most dismally boring job and broken life situation (they're not), I can see where you'd think people weren't happy because we're not behaving as we "Evolved to"....
Although, honestly, if hunting and gathering was that great, why do you think we stopped doing it
Then his whole description of "most" people's lives is well...even if you assume that most people are married with kids, working regimented office/service jobs, to assume that most of them are working in the worst Office Space style misery, coming home to a broken marriage with horrible kids is uhm, a bit much. And I doubt even that root assumption that that is "most people's" life situation is correct. What about all the farmers, teachers, medical professionals, artists, musicians, construction workers, park rangers, fire men, police men, etc...etc... There are plenty of professions with plenty of people that don't fit the "9-5 office/retail" stereotype.
Yah, dude. If you assume that hunting/gathering was heaven on earth (it's not) and everyone was working the most dismally boring job and broken life situation (they're not), I can see where you'd think people weren't happy because we're not behaving as we "Evolved to"....
Although, honestly, if hunting and gathering was that great, why do you think we stopped doing it
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Are most people really happy? Would You Like Another Plate of This (shit)?
- 29/07/2011 04:37:38 AM
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one of humans greatest strength is we evolved with the ability to adapt
- 29/07/2011 11:56:45 AM
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I think that's only the beginning of flaws in his argument.
- 29/07/2011 09:54:27 PM
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I'm really happy. With my current life.
- 29/07/2011 12:07:43 PM
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yes but you are still young
- 29/07/2011 12:39:14 PM
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There's a difference between being young again when I'm older, and waking up 100 years after death
- 29/07/2011 08:31:22 PM
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from a curiosity standpoint, I think random has a point
- 29/07/2011 09:56:25 PM
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I would only want to be revived to see humanity colonizing another planet ...
- 30/07/2011 02:49:43 AM
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32 is still pretty young
- 29/07/2011 10:16:29 PM
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Life extension with the people I love is a wholly different scenario
- 30/07/2011 07:50:33 AM
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