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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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit insincerely believed but socially defended moral Schelling points?1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing things that we all know are false but that we casually assume are true when not thinking about the specific issue1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@sarahdoingthing and not just technically false like "space is flat", but pretty substantially false1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@sarahdoingthing i.e. i don't mean just when we make approximations for convenience, but more like when we have two parallel beliefs1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@sarahdoingthing one belief for when we're talking about the thing, another belief for when we're talking about other things1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@sarahdoingthing i believe that human life begins at birth when i'm not thinking about when human life begins. i'm not just saying it3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@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)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@VesselOfSpirit people act as though it's better to avoid harming others than to benefit others without permission except wrt creating life
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@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing @asilentsky i think harm is a bad concept here1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 10 more replies
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