From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Jun 20 2002 - 08:30:26 MDT
empresstheodora@juno.com wrote:
> ---------- Max More <max@maxmore.com> writes:
>
> "Why should we be accommodating (usually you don't have much choice about
> being squashed) to someone who lacks respect for their body and health
> and who apparently doesn't give a hoot about the discomfort of others."
>
> That is a blatant justification.
Um... yes, so it is. Justifying one's arguments is generally, in this
forum, considered to be a good thing.
I suggest you read: http://www.akat.com/reasoning.htm
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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