[perching_aix]

> I just am averse to human hubris

For someone averse to human hubris, you repeatedly speak as if you were the voice of the world (nature, "Dao"?), merely spreading the will of the world (nature, "Dao"?). This is also why you were asked if you're religious, I assume.

[FollowingTheDao]

If you walk off the edge of a building, you will fall and hit the ground. The hubris does not lie with me telling you that, the hubris lies with someone want to start editing our genes with birds so we can have wings so we don’t ever have to fear falling off of a building.

This goes back to my point of acceptance. Why can’t we just accept the fact that we do not fly? Why do we want to waste all this money and time being something we’re not?

[perching_aix]

Because it's only true to the extent it actually holds.

For example, in the 17th century, and then even more so in the 19th century, we discovered that humans can in fact fly pretty decent, provided the right contraption (an aircraft).

Every conceivable thing will be eventually attempted to the extent it can be. One could consider that itself a law of nature, not even specific to humans per se. How hubris enters the picture then, to me remains a mystery.