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Optimism and pessimism are examples of personality filters that shape perception, but Jiang argues they are not adequately explained by simple parental inheritance or genetics.
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Optimism and pessimism are examples of personality filters that shape perception, but Jiang argues they are not adequately explained by simple parental inheritance or genetics.
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Jiang argues that AI, nanotechnology, genetic design, and immortality are the wrong ethical focus because the current scientific framework cannot really produce godlike control; the real issue is bureaucratic corruption and waste.
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"...Now, people, and your response could be like, well, it's just genetic because both your parents are optimistic. So you're optimistic. Both your parents..."
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"I know this because all three of my kids are different from both my wife and myself. Okay? So the question is, where does..."
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"...We're trying to defy God. The third is the idea of genetics, where we are trying to change people's genetic blueprint so that we..."
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"Also, we're trying to develop immortality. Okay. We're looking for the elixir of immortality. So these are three massive ethical debates within science. And..."
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"Just ask me. All right, so the real problem is this. Okay, the real problem is this. Science has become an imperial bureaucracy. That's..."
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"...the farmers. Okay? And so what happened, we know this from genetic studies, is that the men, the European farmers, were killed, and the..."
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"...it would spread to Europe. Okay? And you can see the genetic change where the blue is hunter gatherer and the orange is farmers...."
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"...of people. Okay? Because remember, at this time in human history, genetic exchange is very common. Okay? The Scythians were dominant. Then you have..."
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"...first is that it was all accidental. So you have these genetic mutations, and the mutation that is best fitted to survive in the..."
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"...we let them live, all they would do is dilute the genetic pool, okay? And even today guys, there are still many people who..."
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"...this time in history, you have all these Europeans from low genetic stock, the Polish, the Irish, the Italians, the Eastern Europeans, coming into..."
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"...okay? In this class, we focus on cultural values rather than genetic affinity. Okay. So over time, what will happen to the Western steppes..."
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