I will have to do more research on that. While it might be possible that plants, fungi, and bacteria have experiences, I think the probability of that...
Yep, I would say you got it right for the most part. I actually tend to think that the most important aspect of our lives is the ability to experience...
I agree that biologists should continue to study the organic matter which they are currently studying but perhaps call themselves organicists rather t...
Ok, so to make sure that I’m understanding you correctly. Are you suggesting that if I pick up a baseball bat, then that bat would be part of me and t...
Well, I would limit the definition of life to autonomous things which move on their own. For example, imagine that you’re walking down the street and ...
I must say that this is the most thoughtful response I have gotten on my thread thus far. I will try my best to give a detailed response because you b...
It’s actually hard for me to understand what exactly is the distinction between “objective” and “subjective”. Many cognitive scientists and psychologi...
I think this redefinition of words can be relevant to issues concerning value and ethics. For example, if everyone had agreed with my distinction betw...
There is a difference between objectivity and near-universal acceptance of a particular meaning of a word. I don’t deny that you should use the conven...
Well, I think I gave a good reason for why AI Programs should be regarded as life. I argued that it seems more important to think of life as the proce...
Well, I imagine that it’s likely that intelligent life could come about through evolution perhaps through different compound mixtures than the one whi...
I suppose you could have an active rational agency if you can experience things. But, my understanding is that organisms as simple as fish can experie...
I don’t know if I agree with that. It depends on what you mean by willing. Suppose that I lost all my limbs and received severe brain damage from a te...
Well, it’s true that there is a connection between the presence of organic matter and the possibility of life but it’s not clear to me why we should s...
Yes, but if you removed the potentiality by preventing the production of sex cells, wouldn’t that prevent the deprivation? If potentiality implies pos...
I was forwarding that if we asked about people preferences, their collected answers would constitute an objective fact. You admitted that you agreed t...
I’m actually a fairly wealthy person myself and I used to be poor and I could tell you that having more money is not going to make you any happier. I ...
Well, by that logic, we are depriving a near infinite number of potential beings. Every time you are not reproducing, you could be potentially deprivi...
How could you deprive someone that never existed? Deprivation requires that there’s someone to be deprived so never bringing a child into existence ca...
It’s not clear to me how your thought experiment does reveal that the only problem with existence is suffering and pain. Some philosophers would argue...
If this is a sentiment and not an argument then I imagine that you also think my point regarding morality of reproduction is a sentiment also. Then, w...
If you go back to read my original quote, I mentioned objective human preferences. By objective, I was referring to something worth mentioning as a fa...
Well, it’s a good time to bring up the thought experiments that I have come up with then. The first thought experiment is what I call the suspended ex...
Well, while it’s true that we can imagine much better and worse states of beings than our current lives, I don’t think that it necessarily means that ...
No, I’m not actually. Although I thought I was when I wrote the original comment. An argumentum ad populum is a fallacious argument that concludes tha...
If there can be no objective truth in what is inherently subjective and we have to rely on an objective truth to make a claim that something is morall...
While I do think that your friends and family do give you some reason not to commit suicide, I find it hard to imagine that we have made an agreement ...
I'm usually pretty indifferent about what philosophical views or interests my friends have but I like being friends only with nice and pleasant people...
Well, I wish you my sincere luck with your struggle. I agree that social support might often not be enough. I personally find that the advice that the...
I know what you mean. Romantic attachment can really make you lose your sanity. I once got romantically attached to a woman and I completely lost my c...
I thought about this issue a little more and there are 3 objections that I had come up with to your future prediction: 1. Most people desire genuine l...
I would like to point out that it's really difficult to define what philosophy is and that what one person might think of as philosophy is different t...
Well, that's easier said than done. I don't deny that we should study suicidal behavior and figure out ways to alleviate suffering which typically cau...
I agree, I think AI has a big potential to change the fabric of our society and people are already starting to use technology as a substitute to satis...
Good point! I do think it is better communicating about complicated philosophical topics in writing. It's very difficult to explain a complicated idea...
I'm a pretty isolated and introverted person myself but I don't think that being completely isolated is always a good thing. If you are finding that t...
For the most part, I think there should either be some acceptable legal way one can be painlessly euthanized without having a terminal illness or we s...
I think we've had a pretty good conversation about this topic. I definitely learned something new in our discussion and perhaps we can future discussi...
In regards to the egoistic reasons for reproducing, I think a similar critique could be made for non-reproducers. Certainly, having children could inf...
Fair enough, it seems like your argument is now somewhat different to that of Benetar and I don't particularly disagree with it. Unlike Benetar who se...
I would definitely recommend watching the anime series if you have the time for that(it has around 35 episodes that are about 30 minutes each). It's f...
I would love to read some literature on the topic but I don't think it would be too easy to find. It would nice if you could send me some links to the...
I agree that there are dangers to using the Death Note but I don't think the analogy with nuclear bombs is entirely appropriate. That is because nucle...
Well, we can't stop kids from fucking anyway lol. Though, the age of consent is designed to prevent adults from fucking kids rather than kids from fuc...
Well, sometimes extra judicial killing is necessary in times of war at least. If there's a member of ISIS hanging around in Iraq killing infidels and ...
I agree that we should lower the drinking and marijuana age in the US to 18. I also think we should allow minors to vote if they pass a political know...
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