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Quora – Can one person really make a difference in climate change?

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

Can one person really make a difference in climate change? Every person makes a difference in climate change, but most are completely unaware of how much. Climate has gone through many changes in the past, some of them significant enough … Continue reading →

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Quora – Why is it important to live longer?

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Quora – Why is it important to live longer? Since 1974 I have been confident that it is possible to extend both the quantity and quality of life indefinitely, that said – why is it a good idea? Several reasons. … Continue reading →

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Quora – Do robots/AI deserve ‘human’ rights? If so, at what point could that happen, and what would be the deciding factors?

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Quora – Do robots/AI deserve ‘human’ rights? If so, at what point could that happen, and what would be the deciding factors? As many others have written, as soon as a non-biological intelligence can make a case for its own … Continue reading →

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Quora – Which ones are the best ways to improve human evolution, and why is that?

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Quora – Which ones are the best ways to improve human evolution, and why is that? It is all a matter of values. Evolution is about survival. If one values individual life and individual liberty, then one needs to look … Continue reading →

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Quora – Why is eugenics considered unethical?

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Quora – Why is eugenics considered unethical? Lots of ways of considering this question. In one sense, it depends what you mean by eugenics. If you mean your own choice of your own mate, or any modifications you choose to … Continue reading →

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What do you think constitutes human flourishing?

Posted on December 20, 2019 by

What do you think constitutes human flourishing? Some very good parts of an answer here (Mark Sulkowski, Aun Rhys, Paul Coomber, Michael Gogins, Nick Lilavois, Daniel Kozup), and while each gets part of the answer, each also misses important aspects. … Continue reading →

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Quora – Will we ever have enough food to feed everybody?

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Quora – Will we ever have enough food to feed everybody? Got merged to Is there enough food on the planet to feed everyone right now? As others have noted – we already do produce enough food for everyone. It … Continue reading →

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