[ExI] kinder gentler

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 04:18:48 UTC 2020


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 3:58 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:32 PM Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> I'm reading a book about domestication syndrome: when mammals are
>> selected for reduced aggression, they acquire a cluster of seemingly
>> unrelated and irrelevant traits.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_syndrome
>>
>> The trigger appears to be simple enough that I can imagine a mad
>> scientist releases a virus that domesticates most of the world's
>> mammals.  Who'll write that story?
>
> Maybe a virus to domesticate humans, in search of floppy ears and novel coat colors/patterns?

Humans already domesticated, no? Isn't that what gracilization is for humans?

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Dan
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