I’m not sure I understand the point of this sort of protest. Research is ongoing in medical fields. Lobbying to direct research funding from some areas to others might be helpful but I don’t see what a general protest like this does.
Not only that, but to the uninitiated a protest against death looks as bizarre as a protest against the changing of the seasons. If you’ve never heard of transhumanism before, your reaction to something like this isn’t going to be “Yes, let me rally behind this cause!”, it’s going to be “You’re against what?”
“Well, you know how some people are activists against cancer, and raise money for cancer research and treatment? And some people are activists against Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s, or HIV/AIDS, or other things that kill people? And other people are against drunk driving or shaking babies or unsafe working conditions or other causes of death? Well, we don’t discriminate — we’re against all causes of death.”
I’m not sure I understand the point of this sort of protest. Research is ongoing in medical fields. Lobbying to direct research funding from some areas to others might be helpful but I don’t see what a general protest like this does.
A good excuse for them too meet and socialize irl.
Not only that, but to the uninitiated a protest against death looks as bizarre as a protest against the changing of the seasons. If you’ve never heard of transhumanism before, your reaction to something like this isn’t going to be “Yes, let me rally behind this cause!”, it’s going to be “You’re against what?”
To be fair it might lead the curious to asking more about what they are about.
“Well, you know how some people are activists against cancer, and raise money for cancer research and treatment? And some people are activists against Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s, or HIV/AIDS, or other things that kill people? And other people are against drunk driving or shaking babies or unsafe working conditions or other causes of death? Well, we don’t discriminate — we’re against all causes of death.”