@andycutright More like a bump function. Ever read Feynman on wineglasses?
@andycutright ...then there's no point considering them people. It wouldn't help us deal with them. They'd be very dangerous beasts.
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@andycutright I'm influenced in this by Ken MacLeod's "true knowledge", which I doubt he himself subscribes to! http://bactra.org/reviews/cassini-division/true-knowledge.html …
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@andycutright More than that, entities we can communicate with and cooperate with.
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@andycutright I think babies are properly protected by the interest of their parents and the wider community, but not as persons.
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@andycutright Mess with a baby, parents will go at you, community will support them. THEY have an interest that doesn't need philosophy.
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@andycutright But, historically, if the parents shrug off that interest...well, lots of babies got abandoned on hillsides, died of exposure.
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@St_Rev @andycutright this is a position groups of humans have found themselves in with respect to each other from time to time too btw -
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@St_Rev so human-as-caste is where the rubber meets the road ethically. "nominally the same species" never counted for much - 11 more replies
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