the mythical "enlightened being" can discern the difference between false claims of having been harmed vs authentic suffering due to real harm. real humans are perplexed and defeated when trying to make this discernment.
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Replying to @danlistensto @chaosprime and
what us real folks have access to is a limited subset of phenomena that includes, at least partially, our own intentions and attempts to understand the consequences of actions made according to those intentions. mistakes are forgivable. malice is not.
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Replying to @danlistensto @delysis and
intentional harm isn't the same thing as malice, or doctors would have to actually obey the terms of their Hippocratic oaths and not perform surgery
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Replying to @chaosprime @delysis and
surgery isn't harm, though it might produce pain
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Replying to @danlistensto @delysis and
strong disagree; saying that someone with their chest cavity cracked open has not been harmed is, to use the technical term, fuckin' goofy. it's purposive harm
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
that depends on whether the surgery works or not, and what the overall prognosis and patient intent for participating in the procedure was lol
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Replying to @0K_ultra @chaosprime and
finally a pragmatic voice all this hypothetical exploration is tedious
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Replying to @Sophie_Dollie @danlistensto and
When an enlightened being calls me a worm I understand it to be the profound compliment it is: worms are great exemplars of tikkun olam.
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you don't know your own memetic power level
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