True religion -- religion without quotation marks -- must incorporate sex which includes death as part of our billion year heritage as multicellular organisms. There is, however, a conflict between the evolution of eusociality (as in insects and civilizations) and sex manifest in the ultimate expression of eusociality in parasitically castrated sterile castes in, for example, ants, bees and termites as well as naked mole rats.
People think the distinction between social and eusocial evolution is merely a zoological curiosity, but the man who is perhaps the world's foremost authority on eusociality has written his magnum opus declaring eusociality to be "The Social Conquest of Earth <http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/apr/20/social-conquest-earth/>". No one who cares about the biosphere and preservation of its diversity can responsibly ignore his warning. On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Geez, that's pretty grim! Are you a part of some death cult? > > There's a lot of great ways a law respecting society can ensure a fresh > evolution of ideas. Death doesn't have to be one of them. > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> We the death of each individual an irreplaceable world is lost. In >>> particular when we are talking about creative and productive people that >>> could contribute for centuries to the better of mankind. >>> >> >> Yeah? What makes you think the creative productive people would be >> preserved? No way! It would be the wealthy and brutal people. If we had >> this in the 20th century, Stalin would still be in charge of Russia. J. >> Gould and the other robber barons would still be running Wall Street. The >> Kim family would run North Korea forever. >> >> In cold fusion, opponents such as Huizenga would make policy for the next >> 500 years, and they would never allow research. Young people would never be >> able to contribute, or even grow up. Even James Watt became an impediment >> to progress at the end of his life. >> >> Death leads to turnover. It gives young people with fresh perspectives a >> chance. Most great science is done by young people. If the old scientists >> never get out the way, new ideas will never be published. >> >> I agree with Max Planck. Death is sad for the individual, but it is a >> blessing to society, and it is essential. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
