From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 08:50:02 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> I don't know why, but there seems to be a tendency to talk about
> reproduction in this group instead of genetics. DNA makes us human.
> Sexual activity has nothing to do with it. Celibate priests, gays, old
> people, young people, eunuchs, transgendered people, sterile people and
> sexually inactive people are still human. Sexual preferences, sexual
> activity and reproduction have almost nothing to do with DNA, genetics
> and evolution. I don't know why this is so confusing for some people.
Our minds make us human. DNA has nothing to do with it.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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