we have this weird cultural meme that human life begins at birth even though as far as i know nobody really actually thinks that it does
@sarahdoingthing and not just technically false like "space is flat", but pretty substantially false
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@sarahdoingthing i.e. i don't mean just when we make approximations for convenience, but more like when we have two parallel beliefs -
@sarahdoingthing one belief for when we're talking about the thing, another belief for when we're talking about other things -
@sarahdoingthing i believe that human life begins at birth when i'm not thinking about when human life begins. i'm not just saying it -
@VesselOfSpirit I bet there are a ton but the only one that keeps coming to mind is David Benatar's asymmetry (not sure if you're familiar) -
@VesselOfSpirit people act as though it's better to avoid harming others than to benefit others without permission except wrt creating life -
@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky@VesselOfSpirit you can never harm a person by creating him. -
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i think harm is a bad concept here -
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky relevant questions 1. does the universe become worse, 2. does it violate some sort of right - 9 more replies
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