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Re:Would it be evil to build a functional brain inside a com... by kailuowang on Friday July 05, 2013 @09:04PM (#5997469)
Can you elaborate on "the same way"? I thought most people would agree that math is not a product of human brain, it exists regardless of the existence of human race.
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Re:Would it be evil to build a functional brain inside a com... by evincarofautumn on Friday July 05, 2013 @10:45PM (#5997711)
Depends on the math in question. I don’t really believe that the real numbers, for example, correspond to a physical phenomenon. They’re just a convenient tool we use to solve problems.
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Re:Would it be evil to build a functional brain inside a com... by crusso on Saturday July 06, 2013 @07:55AM (#5998636)
Right. Ethics exist without the human race as well. Like math, they parallel reality but are thought of as conceptual.
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