Ruthanna Emrys's Journal

It's basically following-on from the age-old idea of mind/body dualism, which has also always gotten up my nose. I don't mind the "upgrade it" school of transhumanism as much, since I can certainly relate to what a fucked-up job of design a few bits of the standard-issue meat are (the lower back, for example, is the best evidence I can think of to refute the notion of "Intelligent Design"), but the whole "escape it" line of thought always comes off sounding like a thinly veiled ad for cootie shots. (And one can't help but wonder if there's some significance to the detail that "escape it", whether Kurzweil's buddies or some of the odder medieval Christian sects, is often being proselytized by men? Guess there's not much like turning into a bloated chocolate-seeking killing machine once a month to ground one in one's fleshly realities... :) )