RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.
December 17, 2012 at 12:25 am
(December 16, 2012 at 8:46 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Heres why. Are we really supposed to believe that game ''sentience'' programmers wouldnt be lining up to claim a Nobel Prize for this breakthrough in "artificial intelligence"?
Invalid argument, because :
a) Lining up for Nobel Prize would not make the action any less immoral.
b) Pain awareness is not the same as sentience. AI can be sentient without having to feel pain.
(December 16, 2012 at 8:46 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: If creating ''characters'' with the sentient ability to feel pain is immoral, why do we willingly take part in the game called parenthood?
Most of you do it for the crazy idea that god wants you to do it. Others because they have the idea inculcated in them that their lives would be unfulfilled or hold little meaning if they don't reproduce.
Those who make the choice rationally do so because they see an advantage that outweighs the pain and do their utmost to the pain in the child's life. Something that your god fails spectacularly at.
