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Re:Wild Ideas by icebraining on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @02:18AM (#6165089)
There's a five percent chance I live in a "future" computer simulation as I write this. False - to run simulate sentient beings with so much suffering would be cruel.

So you mean the chance is much higher?

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Re:Wild Ideas by bumbledraven on Sunday August 11, 2013 @07:10AM (#6194675)
I mean that as time goes on and we get better at making technology, we also get better at making moral decisions. For instance, most people in the world today think slavery is wrong. Even 200 years ago, this wasn't the case.
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