@georgia @arcana @triodug now you're just moving the goal posts and being dishonest here
> I support prolonging life as part of improving quality of life as long as its not at the cost of other human life or extreme animal life or suffering. my perspective is not "long life bad"
that is exactly what physical immortality is about, though, ending aging. elevating the issue to "everything dies eventually" is just a diversion, the actual concrete point of dispute here is technology aimed at negligible senescence, not overcoming the heat death of the universe or whatever. what you've been trying to argue previously is that theres a fundamental difference between scary transhumanist things like embryo screening or radical life extension and mundane things like treating smallpox, and what you're saying here cannot justify such a distinction. at least actual primitivists like hidden are consistent in rejecting high-technology in general, you're just calibrating your moral views to whatever medical technology is already adopted enough to seem normal to you
> it matters not that many indians support transhumanism, most preists watch porn. that doesn't make it right.
you're entitled to think actual raised-from-birth hindus are all doing their religion wrong, but do you see how this is a hubristic attitude? I see no sign you're a uniquely enlightened person in this respect. also, it's not just that many indians are pro-transhumanism, its that india is one of the only countries where high religiosity isn't a predictor of anti-transhumanist views
> I'd disagree that my perspective is abrahamic. very long life is considered a blessing from God in abrahamic religion no different from other religions
not true, its unique to the abrahamic religions that normal human lifespans are considered a rightful punishment from god in response to humanity's sinfulness, thats why pre flood humans in the old testament had multi century lifespans whereas modern humans are prevented from living from more than 120 years according to the old testament (genesis 6:3). and in today's world, christianity and islam are very predictive of hostility towards transhumanism, whereas buddhism, hinduism and daoism are not