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Tweak says, "Yes, you are!"

Gwen Stacy (chocolate_house) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2013-07-11 10:13:00

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gwen stacy (ghost spider), john connor, nina pickering

Not sure how I feel about harvesting human organs from other animals. From an intellectual perspective, it's absolutely fascinating. Another step forward in scientific research. From a moral perspective, though? I don't know where humans and animals fall on the "who's more important" scale. Is a life a life, or is one life more valuable than the other?

I'm glad I work with computers. We don't have the same kinds of moral dilemmas. Well, until the robots become sentient.

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	inner_wolf 2013-07-11 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	It's a difficult subject and not one I believe we will ever get a consensus on. The most we can hope is that as long as we follow the guidelines set by the Ethics Committee it won't get out of hand. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-12 02:32 am UTC (link)
	I sincerely doubt that everyone will ever agree. And I sincerely hope that the Ethics Committee will get it right. Whatever right is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inner_wolf 2013-07-12 10:03 am UTC (link)
	I don't think everyone will agree on this or any other issue. Right depends on your point of view but hopefully they will get as close to it as they can. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-12 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that's a good point. People just don't.... agree. Ever. Do they? Hopefully. Fingers crossed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inner_wolf 2013-07-12 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Nope. There will always be conflict. It's the type of species we are. Yeah, firmly crossed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-13 04:58 am UTC (link)
	I guess I'll just have to live with it. It's never going to change, and it's likely going to get worse and worse, the more people we create. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inner_wolf 2013-07-13 12:22 pm UTC (link)
	I'm afraid you're right there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-15 05:45 am UTC (link)
	We'll see where the Sci-Fi takes us. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leadmankind 2013-07-11 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Let's hope robots never reach that point. Believe me if my dreams are any indication we really don't want that! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-12 02:32 am UTC (link)
	You're dreaming about sentient robots? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-12 09:58 am UTC (link)
	Yep. Most nights. AI's become self aware and basically try to destroy mankind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-12 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. That's like, crazy sci-fi stuff. Were you a programmer? Or did the computers start programming themselves? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-12 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, you're telling me. Me? Oh no. I'm the future leader of mankind's resistance. The fate of the world depends on me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-13 04:59 am UTC (link)
	So modest, too. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-13 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	I'd be more than happy if it wasn't so. I've been listening to people in my dreams tell me over and over how important I am. It gets old really fast. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-15 05:45 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry to hear it. I'm a pretty ordinary girl in mine. Nothing special. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-15 08:32 am UTC (link)
	Thanks. You might be surprised, things aren't always what they seem. There or here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-16 07:08 am UTC (link)
	I'll keep that in mind. I keep having the same ones over and over, and they're killing me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-16 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah I had repeaters for a while, they weren't fun. I tried not sleeping but I don't advise it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-17 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	I did that for a while. Then I crashed and dreamed the whole thing over again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-17 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah that tends to be the way of it (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-19 06:07 am UTC (link)
	Seems like the more we fight it, the worse it gets. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leadmankind 2013-07-19 08:47 am UTC (link)
	It does but I can't seem to stop trying to fight it (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chocolate_house 2013-07-20 06:30 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, me too. (Reply to this) (Parent)