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>I don't think so [...] and therefore I reject it outright That's not a problem. There can be insane theological and ethical consequences for everyone else.
by dudeman13 6y ago
>I don't think so [...] and therefore I reject it outright
That's not a problem. There can be insane theological and ethical consequences for everyone else.
- phkahler 6y agoNot really. They'll just say a chemistry experiment isnt life.
- chess_buster 6y agoOnce the "chemical experiment" escapes its petri-dish and replicates in the laboratory's drain, taking over whole beach resorts and a third of the Pacific ocean, people will rethink!
- whimsicalism 6y agoI think it's pretty optimistic (? or pessimistic) to assume that the "chemical experiment" would have a chance in hell against the bacterial super-predators that have spent billions of years evolving to adapt to this environment.
- tjchear 6y agoI don't think there will be any consequences of importance, for a different, simple reason: people generally resist changing their worldview and will do mental gymnastics to preserve it.
- goodthenandnow 6y agoExactly. Not really the same thing, but if alien life was found on Europe or Enceladus, religions would resist to change their theologies.
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- dudeman13 6y agoThat's an argument I think is valid for a possible lack of consequences of importance. Unlike thinking there won't be consequences of importance because of a belief that < 1% of humanity even thought of maybe possibly having