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Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by JackFr on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @01:05AM (#31832245)
> You want norms that don't fuck you when you draw the short end of the stick.

Not necessarily. You’re claiming your worldview as universal.

It’s easy to imagine an ethics where strength and power are virtues and weakness is a moral failing, and the strong owe nothing to the weak.

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Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by guerrilla on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @05:42AM (#31833781)
> Not necessarily. You’re claiming your worldview as universal.

So you're fine with a system where anyone is allowed to kidnap and torture you? That's in your interest? No, I didn't think so and you agree with me.

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Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @09:29AM (#31835752)
If I’m stronger and have more guns, why wouldn’t I want that system? Then I could kidnap, steal, etc. become wealthy through theft and spread my genes through rape. Isn’t this what we had a few tens of thousands of years ago?
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