Ratsphere nostalgia: the 2014 "kill God" transhumanist line and Anthropic's torch
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-15
teortaxesTex revisits a classic 2014 ratsphere quote — "I am a transhumanist because I do not have enough hubris NOT to try to kill God" — arguing Anthropic now carries that torch. Context includes Scott's Meditations on Moloch claim that the middle ground loses to Gnon.
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