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Some branches of Christianity argue about this based on baptism or lack of it along the lines of "an unbaptised soul can not go to heaven". This raises the question, instead of performing baptism soon after birth (and therefore di
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> Hell, even a dead body is not forced to give up a kidney if its previous inhabitant did not sign an organ donor consent form. It may be worth discussing why this is the case. It is certainly possible to convince of a hypothetical socie
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> Unfortunately the same people use the same argument against use of synthetic wombs for humans. Care to expand on this? I am not aware of any opinion on this other than general undefined revulsion. Has anyone articulated an actual argum
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Also, does that mean that according to the Code of Hammurabi, a man without any daughter, can kill as many free women as he pleases without any consequence?
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Let us apreciate that we are not bound by the Code of Hammurabi, and strengthen our resolve to not move in that direction.
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Actually both. Copyright infringement by definition is not theft. And high seas piracy is an issue to be dealt with by the military, not law enforcement, especially if a letter of marque is involved. Same as pillaging by an invading army.
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Did people of the time you mention or of the present, consider those who caused the intentional death of their own children through rejection of vaccination to be wicked? I would guess antivaxxers both then and now would consider those deat
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To throw a curveball, taking a cue from plants (1), a zygote is only a gametes way of making more gametes. Human zygotes do reproduce asexuality resulting in twins. (1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternation_of_gen
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> Which is why we tend to not keep former people without higher brain functions alive with technology forever/until end of natural lifespan. Is there a well defined reason for this or is it actually a question of limited resources?
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When has any religion not fundamentally disregarded all other religions and beliefs? (Shinto not included)
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First of all, as gwern said in one of the top level comments: > False premise? Loads of artists hate DALL-E and AI art in general; they typically have much less feelings about Copilot. Unsurprisingly, for devs and DALL-E, it's the o
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> if you tell an ai to make a painting like james gurney, it can only do that by training itself on james gurney's body of work. How is that different from telling a person to do the same?
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Law covers many many fields, and we treat all of them differently. Just because multiple notions are covered by law does not mean we treat them the same. Maybe we even treated some of them the same but certainly not today. I would argue tha
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> A million people can't claim to have written The Lord of the Rings and sell copies of it for profit, not without greatly harming J.R.R. Tolkien, who actually did write it. The way you use harm here implies that you believe that th
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Property rights are a function of law because rights are a function of law. But property is a notion that arises naturally due to scarcity. And scarcity is not a function of the digital realm.
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Just as explained by Retric ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860308 ), while property rights may not be "natural" (define natural in this context), the idea of property does arise naturally in both humans
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The point segfaultbuserr and unlikelymordant are making and I support, is that the WEF is not a conspiracy. Yes, it is in the interest of many owners of corporations that own IP to push for XaaS model, a rent everything model. And some of t
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Do not confuse IP with secret information. The existence or absence of IP laws does not affect your capability to have secret information in any way. Patents, one of the types of IP, was actually designed to encourage holders of secrets to
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Since medical data was mentioned, lets just bring in the topic of copyrighted/patented genes. It is already a topic discussed in the agricultural space. Just imagine a future where we will have cures for some incurable diseases, but as
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> For IP, others selling copies would restrict your ability to sell copies as they undercut you. Just because you own something does not mean you automatically have a right to receive the revenue you want. Being undercut by free when sel
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Actually, if Apple wanted to compete in the browser space, they could do that without allowing other browsers on iOS. Bring Safari to Windows, Linux and Android. Safari for Windows did exist many years ago and I did like it. Apple really ga
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I will very much contradict you on this. Religion is absolutely not a philosophy. No philosophy ever had immutable scripture that must be defended. No philosophy ever had a hierarchical social structure with the aim of preserving the purity
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> However, belief in a deity whose primary act of creation wasn't modelling Adam & Eve from clay but instead defining the laws of physics & mathematics means that by definition the pursuit of science is compatible with relig
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Both did largely solve the convenience issue. Spotify is good enough for most people even if audio quality is mediocre and there is missing music. Most people do not care about obscure music or about audio quality. Netflix also solved the i
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I see no reason why all of that could not be done in software. Same as DVD menus. For the record, VLC supports DVD menus and the Matroska container format (mkv, mka, mks, and the basis for webm) supports all of the features imagined so far.
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Sand is a fluid. From wikipedia: "In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that continuously deforms (flows) under an applied shear stress, or external force" Sawdust may be a fluid but wood is definitely not a flui
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by alexvoda 4y ago
Location: Romania, Bucharest or Brasov Remote: Yes (Preferred) Willing to relocate: No Willing to travel for work: Yes(depending on the country) Technologies: - Languages: Solidity, SQL, C#, Powershell, F#, Rust, Types
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You suggest that I do not see the forest for the trees. I say that words have meanings, and that extraordinary claims need evidence. A material in which atoms (or molecules) are aligned is called a crystal. The process by which atoms align
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Can you back up that claim? Just so we are clear, to my understanding, I believe your claim is equivalent to: Take 2 (2 * n in order to account for variations in individual instruments) instruments as close to identical as possible. Tune bo
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I do not know whether age has an effect on violin sound. Highly plausible that it does through a multitude of ways. But this: > Over time, vibrating wood with oscillating strings, it changes the wood, the atoms in the wood will literally

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