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"constrained by ethical concerns" glosses over "chimps that we test on die at horrific rates" pretty hard.

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• pmarreck 3y ago
  if we are just chemical reactions writ in meatspace, then where's the room for "ethical considerations" except as performative nod to the illusory problem of pain and death? /speaking sarcastically about hard materialism, of which I am simultaneously a critic but also recommend to be the universal null hypothesis
  • jschveibinz 3y ago
    That is quite the statement, sarcasm aside. I guess I need to read more on hard materialism. These sound like folks you probably don’t want to chat with at a dinner party.
    • ChatGTP 3y ago
      You don’t find enough hard materialists on HN?
      • Filligree 3y ago
        Not many that are ethically bankrupt.