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
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@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 -
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i don't think people have a general right not to be harmed -
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i do think we should avoid making the universe worse, e.g. by filling it with suffering people -
@VesselOfSpirit@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky Anti-natalism is non-self-perpetuating and therefore an irrelevant memeplex - 6 more replies
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@VesselOfSpirit@sarahdoingthing human life began ~4*10^9 years ago. It’s continuous; individual organisms are an imputation, not physics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@VesselOfSpirit@sarahdoingthing I think emotions-are-in-the-heart is similar.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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