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oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months agoI’m not saying it is objective, I’m saying it’s not arbitrary.
If my dna was isolated in a test tube and it could experience things then I would also care about what it experiences. There isn’t any evidence I’m aware of that that’s the case. Dna is the instructions and tool to build the sentient being, not the sentient being itself. So no, the same couldn’t be said of dna. Extrapolating from how much I care about what I experience, I think it’s reasonable to care about what ** experience
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
this can’t be true. it’s self-contradictory.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
ok, taboo the word arbitrary. What do you mean when you say arbitrary?
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I mean there is no objective reason to set the standard at sentience any more than any other standard.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
The based on the way you are using arbitrary, I see why you think my position is arbitrary. Do you think all positions are arbitrary?