Auriion Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hey guys, I'm curious to get your feedback on this hypothetical: Say a healthy number of humans were transported to a brand new habitable world similar to Earth. Then remove the past memories of these humans by inducing amnesia somehow. These humans, besides the amnesia, have healthy brains and were not abused as children. My curiosity here is as to the likelihood these humans would fall into statist community organization or would they resemble a community similar to an anarcho-capitalist society? I.E. Would simply the presence of healthy, intelligent brains influence the formation of statist or free societies if there was no reference to any past history? I understand this is a hypothetical that doesn't have a feasible premise. In other words, I'm not proposing this hypothetical to show a way we can solve our problems in today's world. It's merely a mental exercise to explore the evidence that supports one outcome or the other for curiosity's sake. I'd appreciate hearing your opinions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 We don't need hypotheticals. Allison Gopnik has already exposed how humans are born before they are traumatized into conformity to our coercive society. Your hypothetical disturbed me (transporting, inducing amnesia). You're talking about people. Other people are not ours to arrange, transport, or tinker in without their consent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auriion Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 We don't need hypotheticals. Allison Glopnik has already exposed how humans are born before they are traumatized into conformity to our coercive society. Your hypothetical disturbed me (transporting, inducing amnesia). You're talking about people. Other people are not ours to arrange, transport, or tinker in without their consent. I'll look into the Allison Glopnik content you suggested. Also, I would never personally suggest people be transported or made to lose their memories by force. It was just a means to satisfy the clean-slate requirement of the hypothetical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 They would try the hunter-gatherer thing, but because of their amnesia and the lack of other humans to learn from they would be the most poorly adapted humans to have ever lived, and they would probably die within days, well before they ever invented language, or anything else for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auriion Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 They would try the hunter-gatherer thing, but because of their amnesia and the lack of other humans to learn from they would be the most poorly adapted humans to have ever lived, and they would probably die within days, well before they ever invented language, or anything else for that matter. I find this an interesting point as it highlights the value we currently have from the information that was passed down to us from our ancestry regarding the common threats to human life. Even if you argued that humans would still retain their language and instincts, it could be counter-pointed by the fact that the threats on this new world may be completely unrecognizable to the instincts that were evolved to deal with earth-based events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Also, I would never personally suggest people be transported or made to lose their memories by force. It was just a means to satisfy the clean-slate requirement of the hypothetical. Fair enough. I felt the verbiage framed the hypothetical as if to presuppose the conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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