tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post6786514783693430199..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Patrick Hopkins: "On the Variety of Future Bodies" [CFI conference on biomedical enhancement]Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-90967557980809097062010-12-04T01:00:02.625-05:002010-12-04T01:00:02.625-05:00Remember that it's not just bodmod enthusiasts...Remember that it's not just bodmod enthusiasts and furries that transhumanists have to deal with. The majority of people associate tattoos, piercings, and scarification/branding with gangs and many employers will just throw out a resume handed in by someone with as much as blue hair (anti-discrimination laws are practically unenforceable in such cases).<br /><br />Cosmetic surgery is still expensive and almost always used for the first category in this article. People who make themselves look unusual like Stalking Cat are nearly always rich eccentrics.ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-78907422061371891612010-12-03T17:43:52.851-05:002010-12-03T17:43:52.851-05:00Interesting that he's describing future bodies...Interesting that he's describing future bodies as merely selective outgrowths of the human. I'm sure the postfurries would be peeved.<br /><br />I say this as a transhumanist myself: The reluctance among transhumanists to encounter the full phase-space of potential bodies, possibly because it's squicky, or possibly out of a desire to appear more professional, ultimately serves as a discrediting force in the eyes of the bodmod enthusiasts, the furries, and the various other body-queer communities. But, I do recognize that some level of diplomacy is required when dealing with vanilla people who consider quite many things to be unbearably weird. I merely hope that this choice for diplomacy is calculated, instead of being an unthinking default.<br /><br />Hopefully, the closer extreme bodmods come to being reality, the easier it will be to be taken seriously while talking about very radical modifications; including those whose primary function is novelty or art.Christian M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04423856592006402285noreply@blogger.com