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I'm highly skeptical of this argument. e.g. I don't think humans avoid killing certain species because of their intelligence relative to us, but rather some mo
by desmosxxx 5y ago
I'm highly skeptical of this argument. e.g. I don't think humans avoid killing certain species because of their intelligence relative to us, but rather some more absolute scale (e.g. feels pain, or passes the dot test, etc.)
What's more common is just pure aggression or selfishness
- adrianN 5y agoThe absolute scale for other species is more like "is a pet" vs "is not a pet". Humans kill other humans without too much hesitation if they can convince themselves that those other humans are sufficiently different from their in-group.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoParochial altruism is an adaptation to resource scarcity and danger. An advanced civilization will be less affected by such problems.
- adrianN 5y agoI think it's quite risky to assume anything about alien psychology.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoAgnosticism is useless for the purpose of decision making, it only suggests that all decisions are equally good.
- adrianN 5y agoI suggest acting according to worst case assumptions, not weighing probabilities equally.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoWorst case is when you choose a wrong strategy.