[ExI] FW: How fun could doom intelligent life to a blissful extinction

[efc at swisscows.email]

Hello Spike,

I agree, that sounds very reasonable. I also wonder if there is some kind 
of correlation between high intelligence and the tendency to memetic 
offspring and reduction in genetic offspring?

The extremely highly intelligent people I met in my life, from my very 
limited and subjective point of view, tended to have fewer children, if 
any at all.

I also find the reasoning behind the genetics interesting. Some tell me 
that its their way to some kind of immortality, but they only pass on 50% 
of their genes. Those genes in themselves, assuming a wider family tree, 
are already out there and will in theory be spread around.

Then, among the memers, there are other takes on the theme. Spreading 
ideas or through economic activity ensuring that their actions are part of 
the web of the human market/culture etc. This can also include 
philanthropy for instance.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Wed, 19 Jul 2023, spike at rainier66.com wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [ExI] FW: How fun could doom intelligent life to a blissful extinction
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> Hello everyone,
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>> ...I think this raises interesting questions of ethics and the "purpose" of mankind... Daniel
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> Daniel, there are those who believe mankind has no purpose.    There are those who believe our purpose is to have children, be fruitful and multiply, fill the world with our descendants, that sorta thing.
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> As a thought experiment, let us create two groups and throw everyone into one bin or the other, the no-purposers and the breeders.
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> My thought experiment leads me to conclude that the no-purposers are more successful at producing memetic offspring, whereas the breeders are more successful at producing genetic offspring.
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