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Yeah, if you follow this logic... then humans are just a bunch of molecules. Mostly water. Some protein and fat. Why do humans have any right at all? I can't t
by raincole 3y ago
Yeah, if you follow this logic... then humans are just a bunch of molecules. Mostly water. Some protein and fat.
Why do humans have any right at all? I can't take this seriously. Molecules don't have rights.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoLet's not compare the copying of bits to the killing of human beings.
- thfuran 3y agoWhy not? Humans are, after all, just large quantum state vectors, numbers like any other.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoBecause information and human beings exist in completely separate realms of reality and morality.
- thfuran 3y agoEverything is information. Humans are no less representable as a number than the subject of the average patent.
- satvikpendem 3y agoHumans are sentient and sapient, something that our current informational models are not (yet). If you create a homunculus trapped in a simulation, then we can talk about treating them differently.