It is a more inspiring battle cry to scream, “Die, vicious scum!” instead of “Die, people who could have been just like me but grew up in a different environment!”
This quote just made me think a funny thought that the equality debate isn’t necessarily about nature vs nurture. If dolphins were sapient, we’d certainly have some scientific grounds to be racist against them. Would we want to? On the other hand, would we give them affirmative action? You could have endless fun with this thought experiment.
-- Eliezer Yudkowsky
This quote just made me think a funny thought that the equality debate isn’t necessarily about nature vs nurture. If dolphins were sapient, we’d certainly have some scientific grounds to be racist against them. Would we want to? On the other hand, would we give them affirmative action? You could have endless fun with this thought experiment.