Well, if it's a video game, said advanced civilization doesn't think the characters in it are real, therefore, no suffering.
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No, game is set up so creatures inside game have consciousness. If so, they are real as anyone outside game.
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Haven't you ever unleashed every disaster in Sim City just for fun?
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@ezraklein Assumptions! If God/advanced civ was optimizing for suffering, they'd have designed an excellent game. -
What if they designed a geology game and we're a bug, not a feature?
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@ezraklein technical ability has no inherent connection to morality or empathy -
No inherent connection but if they are advanced & they created us, they have at least our level, possibly more.
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Not necessarily. Theodicy arises from assumption God is infinitely good. No such assumptions about aliens using us like lab rats.
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Advanced should mean they have human plus levels of consciousness, which means more empathy & moral awareness.
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For the lulz.
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