Falling3

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by Falling3 9y ago
IP geolocation - try it from a proxy.
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by Falling3 9y ago
It doesn't. Which is exactly why I brought it up. I don't think that the groups that the parent mentioned necessarily cover the variety of opinions that we're talking about in this specific case. I don't think foundation
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by Falling3 9y ago
I know that's not the entirety of it. But it accounts for far, far more ethical disagreements than people are willing to admit. I've had a lot of discussions with people around ethics and the use of logical fallacies really can&#x
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by Falling3 9y ago
You're right that ethical axioms are subjective. But most arguments tend to center around the application of those axioms . I often find that people are in complete agreement in their axioms, but come to different conclusions in real w
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by Falling3 9y ago
What's the distinction you're drawing between having a drink at lunch and having an office happy hour? The latter certainly seems preferable if we're forced to choose since the workday is essentially over at that point.
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by Falling3 9y ago
Well there's still some debate as to whether Neanderthals were a separate species or a subspecies, but it's worth noting that the ability to produce fertile offspring is necessary for species inclusion, but it's not sufficien
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by Falling3 9y ago
Try to find it. This is probably my favorite episode and one of the best fictional explorations of the problems involved with teleportation.
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by Falling3 9y ago
Would you feel the same way if someone cloned you as an exact copy (genes, memories, mental state) and then tried to kill you? There's no difference between that and teleporting except the order of operations.
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by Falling3 9y ago
I tend to agree with your conclusion but I think the reasoning is still incredibly complex and not really sound. Sleep is an obvious and frequent discontinuation of consciousness.
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In what way does that necessitate a choice between the well- being of a human and a non-human animal? Sounds very much like a false dichotomy.
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Doesn't specify, but in the context, cow's milk seems like a fair assumption.
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by Falling3 9y ago
Strange... the author claims milk is necessary for healthy growth in young children (which is ridiculous in its own right) and links to a study on fruit consumption.
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by Falling3 9y ago
Humans are not rational. It takes a lot of thought and discipline to attempt to come up with a coherent belief system and align your actions with it.
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by Falling3 9y ago
Err on the side of caution. Draw the line as far as practically possible. We have a long history of underestimating the mental abilities of other animals. Heck, now we've got evidence of ants passing the mirror test.
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This is a ridiculous oversimplification of the issues and a guaranteed way of hijacking this for a completely unproductive argument.
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Discriminatory sure. I'm not arguing it's right, but I'm just not seeing anything classist about it.
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What is the part of it that appears classist?
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That's really not domain specific though. It's just a proprietary protocol.
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by Falling3 10y ago
>The gov asked for the account holder identity because they suspect (with reason) that someone is impersonating a federal agent through the account. I wasn't familiar with this account previously, but I'm not seeing any reason
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by Falling3 10y ago
Alternative headline: "76% of HPEs are paid well enough to not be motivated by money" I think what this idea really misses is that there's a difference between being intrinsically motivated by money and being motivated by as
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by Falling3 10y ago
Well sure, but that prioritizes the "well-being" of the species at the expense of the individuals that make it up - a mindset I've never understood.
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by Falling3 10y ago
That's my first thought. Why not just do it yourself? Especially when twimlets are around.
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by Falling3 10y ago
When learning C in college, I was specifically taught to use CONTSTANT == variable. Accidentally omitting a '=' is common and putting the constant on the left side ensured the compiler would catch the mistake.
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I certainly don't. Do you have any compelling reason for doing so?
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Which ones are ideological?
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Also worth mentioning that the quality of the stress cube is not great. A coworker ordered one and two of the pieces didn't work out of the box. It's very grainy looking plastic (almost seems 3-d printed) that was poorly glued tog
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by Falling3 10y ago
I think those are some good observations around explaining the taboo, but I think you'll agree that they're descriptive rather than prospective.
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by Falling3 10y ago
You're conflating things at the species and individual level. The dog species doesn't trust us (in any meaningful way). Individuals dogs do. Likewise, regardless of what we've bred "food" animals for, properly cared
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by Falling3 10y ago
What would you say are the "usual functional definitions"? The only evidence I'm aware of that gets distorted into an argument for plant sentience is that plants are able to respond to their environment, which is a feature of
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Sentience is the line I and many others use to make that distinction. Although there is a gray area the closer to the line you get (insects for example), that does not diminish the fact that we can say with high degree of certainly are sent

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