Billy Brown writes:
> If primitive sentient life has value then allowing primitives to die while
> they struggle towards understanding is immoral.
The next step in this slippery slope is to say that the aliens are here,
silently monitoring us, but as each person dies they take a snapshot of
his brain state and take him off to live a new life elsewhere, one free
of trouble and pain, until they can be rejoined with their loved ones.