[ExI] shining example and COVID-19 (John Clark)

[William Flynn Wallace]

Like everything else involving humans, the Extropian viewpoint needs
to be considered in the light of evolutionary psychology.  What do we
want?  Why do we want it?  Questions, I think, that require
evolutionary psychology to answer.

Keith

When I joined this group one of my main reasons was to get some input
relating to psychology.  In particular:  just what changes in humans did we
want?  Increase IQ, bolster immune system, etc.  Change our personalities?
I got nowhere.  I don't recall one person who replied to that post.  I was
flabbergasted and dumbfounded. Still am.  Always open to discuss that topic
at any length.

For instance:  should we be shorter?  Thinner?  More introverted?

bill w

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:27 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 9:28 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 1:52 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
> > extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > *> What's amusing is that I made a post that was *much* more politically
> > > incorrect and it generated no followup comments at all. *
> >
> > Yeah I noticed that too. You must have a diplomacy gene that I lack or I
> > have an abrasive gene that you lack.
>
> Or, as I mentioned, they don't grok.
>
> Like everything else involving humans, the Extropian viewpoint needs
> to be considered in the light of evolutionary psychology.  What do we
> want?  Why do we want it?  Questions, I think, that require
> evolutionary psychology to answer.
>
> Keith
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