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False dichotomy. I don't need to place a zero value on human life to disagree with this reasoning. I only need to place a finite value on it. Obviously our s
by amalcon 11y ago
False dichotomy. I don't need to place a zero value on human life to disagree with this reasoning. I only need to place a finite value on it. Obviously our society only places a finite value on human life (e.g. because people sometimes starve to death, or die for lack of medical care).
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> In what kind of bleak world would no one be willing to pay for a probable return to full health?
This one. People die of totally curable conditions all the time in the real, modern world.
- selimthegrim 11y agoThank you for illustrating in one fell swoop how disconnected the transhumanists are. Even Greg Egan took a whole short story to do it. http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan/ http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan/ “You know what they say the modern version of Pascal’s Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in case one of them turns into God. Perhaps your motto should be ‘Treat every chatterbot kindly, it might turn out to be the deity’s uncle’.” edit: and when I scroll down I see I've been beaten to the Greg Egan punch. Great minds, I suppose...
- AgentME 11y agoSo should no one choose to pay for probable cures to their issues?