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fear mongering science fiction, you may as well cite Dune or Terminator
by dkdcio 10mo ago
fear mongering science fiction, you may as well cite Dune or Terminator
- defrost 10mo agoThere's arguably more dread and quiet constrained horror in With Folded Hands ... (1947) Despite the humanoids' benign appearance and mission, Underhill soon realizes that, in the name of their Prime Directive, the mechanicals have essentially taken over every aspect of human life. No humans may engage in any behavior that might endanger them, and every human action is carefully scrutinized. Suicide is prohibited. Humans who resist the Prime Directive are taken away and lobotomized, so that they may live happily under the direction of the humanoids. ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folded_Hands_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folded_Hands_...
- XorNot 10mo agoThis hardly disproves the point: no one is taking this topic seriously. They're just making up a hostile scenario from science fiction and declaring that's what'll happen.
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- lm28469 10mo agoLesswrong looks like a forum full of terminally online neckbeards who discovered philosophy 48 hours ago, you can dismiss most of what you read there don't worry
- timmytokyo 10mo agoIf only they had discovered philosophy. Instead they NIH their own philosophy, falling into the same ditches real philosophers climbed out of centuries ago.