Axioms: 1) Humanity is a binary property 2) Newly fertilized eggs are not human (we don't hold funerals for failed implantation) ...go!
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev ditto. Strangely the humanity isn't binary rhetoric made me think about the elderly or mentally infirm. When do...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Melhyphen
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev they regress across to the other side of < human? I also understand your secret point of humanity not being binary1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Melhyphen
@Melhyphen a neurologist friend used to talk about this - when the brain is injured by stroke it's just gone, the person with it sometimes1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@Melhyphen but not 100% - you can sense the personality of even somebody with advanced Alzheimer's who can't form sentences2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
@Melhyphen I'm also not sure personhood (or life) is some great gift to be all happy about, it's pretty shit really
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