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A critique of Pearce's plan to abolish all involuntary suffering. Pearce envisions a future where people will be able to use advanced technology to edit genetic codes of all animal species and equip them with AI implants. All this to completely remove unwanted suffering and to allow life to experience gradations of bliss. This is a noble idea. And what's more, it's written in sufficient detail to motivate future discoveries and actions. It is not without its problems, though. Here, I'll look at these ideas from various aspects and show that some obstacles make the plan very unlikely to succeed or straight out impossible.
Full text on my blog:
figmentsofspeculation.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/david-pearces-hedonistic-imperative-a-critique
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Links and References
David Pearce responds in the comments on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/hedonistic.imperative/permalink/10157472715526965
David Pearce - Effective Altruism - Phasing Out Suffering. youtube.com/watch?v=Yym0VzgXBGk
David Pearce - Towards the Abolition of Suffering. youtube.com/watch?v=CdXz4juOTwo
David Pearce - Wild animal suffering - Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology. youtube.com/watch?v=KDZ3MtC5Et8
The Hedonistic Imperative - David Pearce. Science, Technology & the Future. youtube.com/watch?v=v07VZIQyoMc
David Pearce - High-Tech Jainism. Science, Technology & the Future. youtube.com/watch?v=EcajIIcRgys
David Pearce. The Abolitionist Project. abolitionist.com
David Pearce. The Hedonistic Imperative. hedweb.com/hedab.htm
David Pearce. Compassionate Biology: How CRISPR-based "gene drives" could cheaply, rapidly and sustainably reduce suffering throughout the living world. gene-drives.com
David Pearce. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce_(philosopher)
David Pearce on Twitter: twitter.com/webmasterdave
David Pearce on Reddit: reddit.com/user/davidcpearce
Brian Tomasik. Are Happiness and Suffering Symmetric? reducing-suffering.org/happiness-suffering-symmetric
Brian Tomasik. Risks of Astronomical Future Suffering. Foundational Research. foundational-research.org/risks-of-astronomical-future-suffering
Theodore J. Kaczynski. Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How. Fitch & Madison Publishers, 2016.
Conundrum. Ted Kaczynski - Anti Tech Revolution: Why and How | Summary. youtu.be/oc7B7s7f5PE
World’s first gene-edited babies created in China, claims scientist. The Guardian. theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/26/worlds-first-gene-edited-babies-created-in-china-claims-scientist
AI-based Deepfake technology used in political elections. Vice. vice.com/en_in/article/jgedjb/the-first-use-of-deepfakes-in-indian-election-by-bjp
David Pearce would walk away from Omelas. Twitter. twitter.com/webmasterdave/status/1142541502951940099
Some Quora answers on transhumanism, superhappiness, AI, superintelligence, veganism, utilitarianism, quantum mechanics, philosophy of mind, consciousness and stuff by David Pearce. hedweb.com/quora/index.html
Evolutionary capacitance. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_capacitance
Evolvability. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvability
Greg Gibson, Laura K. Reed. Cryptic genetic variation. Cell. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.011
Selfish genetic element. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfish_genetic_element
Gene drive. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive
Etienne Rajon, Joanna Masel. Evolution of molecular error rates and the consequences for evolvability. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012918108
Genetic pollution. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_pollution
Paul Brown. GM crops created superweed, say scientists. The Guardian. theguardian.com/science/2005/jul/25/gm.food
Tony Carnie. South Africa: wild animals at risk of 'genetic pollution'. The Guardian. theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/29/south-africa-wild-animals-at-risk-of-genetic-pollution
Ferris Jabr. The gene that jumped. Aeon. aeon.co/essays/genes-that-jump-species-does-this-shake-the-tree-of-life
Jonathan Latham. Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find. Independent Science News. independentsciencenews.org/health/gene-editing-unintentionally-adds-bovine-dna-goat-dna-and-bacterial-dna-mouse-researchers-find
China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced. MIT Technology Review. technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered
Tags
#Morality #Transhumanism #Technology #Ethics #Suffering
A critique of Pearce's plan to abolish all involuntary suffering. Pearce envisions a future where people will be able to use advanced technology to edit genetic codes of all animal species and equip them with AI implants. All this to completely remove unwanted suffering and to allow life to experience gradations of bliss. This is a noble idea. And what's more, it's written in sufficient detail to motivate future discoveries and actions. It is not without its problems, though. Here, I'll look at these ideas from various aspects and show that some obstacles make the plan very unlikely to succeed or straight out impossible.
Full text on my blog:
figmentsofspeculation.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/david-pearces-hedonistic-imperative-a-critique
Connect with me on:
Twitter: twitter.com/WackyConundrum to stay in touch.
And check out my blog "Figments of Speculation":
figmentsofspeculation.wordpress.com
Links and References
David Pearce responds in the comments on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/hedonistic.imperative/permalink/10157472715526965
David Pearce - Effective Altruism - Phasing Out Suffering. youtube.com/watch?v=Yym0VzgXBGk
David Pearce - Towards the Abolition of Suffering. youtube.com/watch?v=CdXz4juOTwo
David Pearce - Wild animal suffering - Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology. youtube.com/watch?v=KDZ3MtC5Et8
The Hedonistic Imperative - David Pearce. Science, Technology & the Future. youtube.com/watch?v=v07VZIQyoMc
David Pearce - High-Tech Jainism. Science, Technology & the Future. youtube.com/watch?v=EcajIIcRgys
David Pearce. The Abolitionist Project. abolitionist.com
David Pearce. The Hedonistic Imperative. hedweb.com/hedab.htm
David Pearce. Compassionate Biology: How CRISPR-based "gene drives" could cheaply, rapidly and sustainably reduce suffering throughout the living world. gene-drives.com
David Pearce. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce_(philosopher)
David Pearce on Twitter: twitter.com/webmasterdave
David Pearce on Reddit: reddit.com/user/davidcpearce
Brian Tomasik. Are Happiness and Suffering Symmetric? reducing-suffering.org/happiness-suffering-symmetric
Brian Tomasik. Risks of Astronomical Future Suffering. Foundational Research. foundational-research.org/risks-of-astronomical-future-suffering
Theodore J. Kaczynski. Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How. Fitch & Madison Publishers, 2016.
Conundrum. Ted Kaczynski - Anti Tech Revolution: Why and How | Summary. youtu.be/oc7B7s7f5PE
World’s first gene-edited babies created in China, claims scientist. The Guardian. theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/26/worlds-first-gene-edited-babies-created-in-china-claims-scientist
AI-based Deepfake technology used in political elections. Vice. vice.com/en_in/article/jgedjb/the-first-use-of-deepfakes-in-indian-election-by-bjp
David Pearce would walk away from Omelas. Twitter. twitter.com/webmasterdave/status/1142541502951940099
Some Quora answers on transhumanism, superhappiness, AI, superintelligence, veganism, utilitarianism, quantum mechanics, philosophy of mind, consciousness and stuff by David Pearce. hedweb.com/quora/index.html
Evolutionary capacitance. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_capacitance
Evolvability. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvability
Greg Gibson, Laura K. Reed. Cryptic genetic variation. Cell. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.011
Selfish genetic element. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfish_genetic_element
Gene drive. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive
Etienne Rajon, Joanna Masel. Evolution of molecular error rates and the consequences for evolvability. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012918108
Genetic pollution. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_pollution
Paul Brown. GM crops created superweed, say scientists. The Guardian. theguardian.com/science/2005/jul/25/gm.food
Tony Carnie. South Africa: wild animals at risk of 'genetic pollution'. The Guardian. theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/29/south-africa-wild-animals-at-risk-of-genetic-pollution
Ferris Jabr. The gene that jumped. Aeon. aeon.co/essays/genes-that-jump-species-does-this-shake-the-tree-of-life
Jonathan Latham. Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find. Independent Science News. independentsciencenews.org/health/gene-editing-unintentionally-adds-bovine-dna-goat-dna-and-bacterial-dna-mouse-researchers-find
China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced. MIT Technology Review. technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered
Tags
#Morality #Transhumanism #Technology #Ethics #Suffering
