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Interesting. Now suppose some advanced alien had the power to advance _you_ to his level of sentience , thus cutting you off from everything you have known and
by realo 4y ago
Interesting. Now suppose some advanced alien had the power to advance _you_ to his level of sentience , thus cutting you off from everything you have known and loved, including your family.
Would you let the alien do that?
- adastra22 4y agoMaybe. With a human being there’s an issue of consent. I don’t believe frogs are intelligent enough to be able to give informed consent, but for people that would be an issue. But setting aside the issue of consent, then yes. (Caveat: I don’t believe this hypothetical is possible anyway. I am of the opinion that there is a dividing line in sentience beyond which improvements are possible but are more like upgrades than something more radical. There’s a phase change between sentience and non-sentience, but no further ohase changes to be had (I think))
- throwanem 4y agoIt's a bold move to decry one moral philosophy as evil in its consequences, and advance as preferable another that's evil in its precepts.
- justinclift 4y agoHell yes. 100% every time.