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QuangKsanti·A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ·Veteran
(Quote) Also, deep down, there is probably a part of you that knows you don't know either way for a lack of information. Russell's teapot doesn't really apply here because there is no burden of truth… (View Post)
Yes we are on the same page. And to add a twist to it, imagine them not feeling pain, knowing we feel for them as if they did and then using that kind of thing to deceive us and perhaps even lure us … (View Post)
For myself I had to give up on Atheism when I found Buddhism. I had previously given up on Theism when I found sense in Atheism. I realised that to take on any beliefs and even to outright dismiss th… (View Post)
My main concern is this. Say right now we knew robots cannot be sentient or really feel pain and so we lack the compassion towards them. We all know this stuff advances quickly to the point where yes… (View Post)
(Quote) And that's just it. There is a disconnect here and we are failing in these endeavors. We treat the world as if it is a place we live and have to fight against to survive. This is backwards th… (View Post)