Aubrey de Grey video
May. 3rd, 2006 03:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslThis 15-minute video is a very nice introduction to Aubrey de Grey and his ideas (in one sentence: "we can and should cure aging").
He briefly explains people's negative reactions to this as being due to a kind of rational irrationality ("rational denial"). If x is horrible, and x is inevitable, then it is perfectly rational for one to keep x out of one's mind.
The philosopher in me wants to ask: at which meta-level should one try to be rational? or, obfuscated: at which meta-level is it rational for one to try to be rational? Circles, circles...
He briefly explains people's negative reactions to this as being due to a kind of rational irrationality ("rational denial"). If x is horrible, and x is inevitable, then it is perfectly rational for one to keep x out of one's mind.
The philosopher in me wants to ask: at which meta-level should one try to be rational? or, obfuscated: at which meta-level is it rational for one to try to be rational? Circles, circles...