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Unless you yourself believe, and expect that it is customary for most to believe, that people will undertake drastic, even suicidal, action in hopes of achievin
by bsanr2 6y ago
Unless you yourself believe, and expect that it is customary for most to believe, that people will undertake drastic, even suicidal, action in hopes of achieving a preferred afterlife, this is little more than a long-winded rationalization of your weaponization of an extremely offensive stereotype. And I think you know that; hence, the wall of text.
- meowface 6y agoYour comments continue to confuse me. I wrote that text because I'm befuddled by these weird assumptions you're reading into my post and I wanted to explain where I was coming from. It's besides the point of the discussion, but I overwhelmingly support the Palestinians in the Israel-Palestine conflict and agree with your comments on the matter. Of course I sympathize with people struggling in desperation. I don't think it's offensive, or a stereotype, or untrue, to say that many of them are more okay with dying because they believe death isn't permanent and that the afterlife will be a positive experience. I think that's just a fact which carries no value judgment. Of course, I understand that even if they thought death were permanent, they still may brazenly risk death to fight for their cause, but my point was that the belief that it isn't permanent even further increases that determination to face death. This is just a thread about AI, not about politics, which is why I made it about AI.