1st principle of the Technetronic Society: "Something ought to be done because it is technically possible to do it." E.g: If it is possible to build nuclear weapons, they must be built even if they might destroy us all. 2nd principle: "Maximal efficiency & output over all else"
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Replying to @samim
You probably know that this was not why nuclear weapons were built? While they carry an unacceptable risk of accidental total obliteration, they were meant to prevent conventional war between super powers, which was successful so far.
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Replying to @Plinz
I'm aware of that twisted logical tangent, yet find it far removed from sane values, which are beneficial for life on earth.
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Replying to @samim
This possibly indicates that your values stand between you and understanding. If you want to see how and why something is the way it is, you need to let go of all ought.
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Replying to @Plinz
Would you agree, that there are objective value statements we can make about the optimal conditions for life on planet earth? And that nukes are moving the gradient in the other direction? We can discuss the value of life, & that death might be the goal, but that gets weird ;)
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Replying to @samim
If you want to derive values from life itself, it gets ugly very fast, because evolution is indifferent to suffering. From an evolutionary perspective, it is often better to replace a population with offspring of a different one. Evolution is the most brutal fascism.
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Replying to @Plinz
i enjoy playing with evolutionary algorithms way to much to deny such views (and enjoy your fascism analogy) ;-) Yet, my question was a different one - if we can make objective value statements about the optimal conditions for life on planet earth.
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Replying to @Plinz
Been saying for quite some time Tardigrade4President ;)
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