I think in both of those cases there are good reasons again using the words. Tabooing them is helpful. In the case of akrasia there are many different reasons why people don’t do what they want to do and mixing them up under the term of Akrasia doesn’t help.
In the case of transhumanism, it’s a bad idea for different reasons. It invites belief in belief. I think as this community got thinking more seriously about the dangers of AI the blind trust in believing that moves past being a human is unambigiously positive disappeared.
I think in both of those cases there are good reasons again using the words. Tabooing them is helpful. In the case of akrasia there are many different reasons why people don’t do what they want to do and mixing them up under the term of Akrasia doesn’t help.
In the case of transhumanism, it’s a bad idea for different reasons. It invites belief in belief. I think as this community got thinking more seriously about the dangers of AI the blind trust in believing that moves past being a human is unambigiously positive disappeared.