Re: Why Not a Planet Of The Apes?

From: YakWax@aol.com
Date: Wed Jun 11 1997 - 12:42:01 MDT


Robin Hanson writes:
> By "domestication" I meant getting the primates to understand and keep
> the peace, so we needn't fear their presense. To trade instead of
> steal, etc. I would very much want them to not be slaves, but to have
> their own spaces, property, etc.

Why? What use would they have? If we treat them just like people they wont
make our lives any easier, they'll just take up space. You could give them
the jobs people don't like to do, but that's as good as slavery! Best left
in the jungle!

~Wax



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