X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2F2018%2Freply-to-the-unit-of-caring-on-adult-human-females.md;h=dd066f3661dc469e2b88d2477f302f9c790085f4;hp=4f1b59c36085f886725cfbb35ea7e1058fa4c940;hb=4426e019f2982e856fb5df12abef451543bc0ee8;hpb=c63762b8bd4ef0641c8b0a240ef740d6bee3bf06 diff --git a/content/2018/reply-to-the-unit-of-caring-on-adult-human-females.md b/content/2018/reply-to-the-unit-of-caring-on-adult-human-females.md index 4f1b59c..dd066f3 100644 --- a/content/2018/reply-to-the-unit-of-caring-on-adult-human-females.md +++ b/content/2018/reply-to-the-unit-of-caring-on-adult-human-females.md @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ I definitely agree that biological anything isn't going to apply in the glorious But it's also not clear how much relevance this science-fictional scenario has to people in the unglorious preposthuman present. Yes, we do have HRT and SRS, and these are magnificent achievements for the grand cause of morphological freedom, and should be available on an informed-consent basis. It's definitely something. -But it's also definitely not-everything. To get a sense of how far we have to go, I strongly recommend reading [Eliezer Yudkowsky's heartbreaking 2009 take](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QZs4vkC7cbyjL9XA9/changing-emotions) on what an actually effective male-to-female sex change would take. +But it's also definitely not-everything. To get a sense of how far we have to go, I strongly recommend reading [Eliezer Yudkowsky's heartbreaking 2009 take](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QZs4vkC7cbyjL9XA9/changing-emotions) on what an actually effective male-to-female sex change would take. In my youth, I used to be more optimistic about the future of human enhancement. "Oh, sure, that may be true of _present-day humans_, but _in general_ ..." felt like a relevant and useful form of argument.