Wanting to have kids (to the extent of being willing to cause environmental catastrophe by so doing) is plausibly in part related to the unfulfilled desire to live longer. Reproduction allows one to have an impact on human society which is meaningful over long time scales. Indefinite life extension fulfills this need without increasing the number of individuals.
Wanting to eat (to the extent of being willing to cause environmental catastrophe by doing so) is plausibly in part related to the unfulfilled desire to extract free energy from the surroundings in order to remain far from equilibrium with them. Eating high-energy, body-compatible nutrients allows one to effect such an extraction. Receiving nutrients via IV fulfills this need without environmental cost.
Therefore, apes on nutrient feeds no longer wish to eat. (???)
Receiving nutrients via IV fulfills this need without environmental cost.
I wonder how you imagine nutrients being produced without environmental cost? Of course, one would be distant from their production; but here in the West one is usually distant from the production of ordinary foodstuffs also. And I think your argument confuses adapting with executing adaptations.
Therefore, apes on nutrient feeds no longer wish to eat. (???)
The reasoning may be doubtful, but the conclusion is actually true. Anorexia is a recognised, if minor, side-effect of sustaining someone through an IV when they cannot eat. When they come off the IV, it can take a few days for the normal sensations of hunger and appetite to function properly again.
Wanting to eat (to the extent of being willing to cause environmental catastrophe by doing so) is plausibly in part related to the unfulfilled desire to extract free energy from the surroundings in order to remain far from equilibrium with them. Eating high-energy, body-compatible nutrients allows one to effect such an extraction. Receiving nutrients via IV fulfills this need without environmental cost.
Therefore, apes on nutrient feeds no longer wish to eat. (???)
I wonder how you imagine nutrients being produced without environmental cost? Of course, one would be distant from their production; but here in the West one is usually distant from the production of ordinary foodstuffs also. And I think your argument confuses adapting with executing adaptations.
The reasoning may be doubtful, but the conclusion is actually true. Anorexia is a recognised, if minor, side-effect of sustaining someone through an IV when they cannot eat. When they come off the IV, it can take a few days for the normal sensations of hunger and appetite to function properly again.