& I'm not going to claim we understand hormones (or the rest of biology) perfectly, & I'll definitely be a bit hesitant about the first iteration of artificial wombs, but again — purely functional concern. not sure if we're good enough *yet*, but I have no doubt we'll get there.
I think some people really underestimate the role that hormones play in our subjective emotional experience. a lot of that "je ne sais quoi" that feels sacred and irreplaceable about so many things is just your mind on hormones. lots and lots of hormones.
perhaps this makes me a materialist? 🤔 I think, if we deconstruct what happens in the womb to its basic components, and replicate everything exactly (hormone flow, nutrient flow, etc), the artificial wombs will function just as well as real ones & produce healthy, happy babies.
yeah, I completely understand the horror/disgust at the thought of artificial wombs. but my concerns are purely functional — if they actually replicate the in-womb care, if there's nothing missing that fucks up the baby, I'm 100% fine with them, and overjoyed for them to exist.
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RT @pee_zombie
people that think this way tend to be somewhat romantic, drawn to a certain watercolored view of life and humanity, wanting to inject magic in…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1382513371640164353
you've burned your bridge. now you have to cross it.
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RT @__frye
you’ve picked your hill; now you have to die on it
https://twitter.com/__frye/status/1382574646755663872
RT @verreciel
Unironically yes, hypno and petplay and other headspace exploration stuff is really just meditation (guided or not) and it stands to reason that someone has reached enlightenment through littlespace https://twitter.com/egregirls/status/1330710703657848832
thank you @ollybot_redux for making this happen, I've been watching the numbers for like a day now, waiting
got all the digits from 1 to 6 again hell yeah
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RT @pareinoia
oh my god not only is it 314 (good) and 256 (also good)
but together they make up all the digits from 1 to 6
I'm so happy
https://twitter.com/pareinoia/status/1362601672581783553
RT @uwuuwu00432527
nationalize the bionicles https://twitter.com/pareinoia/status/1382400363362447361
unapologetic. hard to kill. feral, filled with sunlight, bright, beautiful in a way that the conventional and controlling hate but cannot ever fully destroy.