[swasheck]

A nice sci-fi trope is that the unpredictability of humanity, and when/how it will "fail" when something better would "succeed", results in the preservation of humanity itself. It's nice to consider in the wake of the elitism.

[unclebucknasty]

Well, I think there's something to the notion that there is value in humanity, in spite of--or perhaps even because of--its flaws and non-binary approach to the Universe. And, of course, there's the whole "I Robot" deal, wherein the robot elects to save the life of the adult vs. the child based purely on a sterile odds-of-survival calculation.

That's not really what I had in mind with my comments here, but it is an interesting point.

And maybe it is another reason to consider prudence as we rush headlong into a world increasingly reliant upon technology.

[marcosdumay]

> Well, I think there's something to the notion that there is value in humanity, in spite of--or perhaps even because of--its flaws and non-binary approach to the Universe.

We are approaching a very scary time when this conjecture will be subject to cold empirical evaluation.

I think we'll pass the test. But wishing that humans were good on things we aren't do not help anybody.