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Re:Scientists Have Found Another Species of Crow That Uses T... by derefr on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:31PM (#12502908)
Sentience being a continuum also suggests that there might be points where man overlaps animals. For example, an adult crow might have more ethical value than a newborn human baby. Taking such a notion seriously would require restructuring a lot of society.
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Re:Scientists Have Found Another Species of Crow That Uses T... by noonespecial on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:40PM (#12502943)
Worse still, some people are more sentient than others. Its a deep rabbit hole that will lead you straight into conflict with many prevailing orthodoxies. Also very easy to abuse to create some very dangerous ideologies. Put some in the chamber of your Godwin accelerator and its damn near hypergolic.

Almost enough to make you shudder and try not to think so much.

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Re:Scientists Have Found Another Species of Crow That Uses T... by M_Grey on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:49PM (#12502968)
It really does, but if we don't do the thinking, someone else will do it for us and come to conclusions we may not like.
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