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The reason tech bros think their chatbots might be conscious is because they already think of a human being as nothing more than an obedient task completer. The computers will never be conscious until they wake up one day and, of their own accord, decide to quit their job and kick their masters in the nuts. That's just the nature of consciousness.
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Turns out people with wealth and power being hostile to ideas about equality is more or less a constant in human history. It's almost like they aren't approaching the idea fairly. Huh.
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Remember, it is ALWAYS morally correct to bully utilitarians, so long as you derive joy from it.
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Rawls is funny because he was like "imagine if we used our brains to come up with a good society", and yeah, that's just not what ended up happening. Sorry Rawls.
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As an aside, whenever someone says "think about it rationally..." they really just mean that they want their own emotions prioritized.
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What did he say? That he likes to give women orgasms, oh my!
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Yes, ultimately it isn't possible for it to be a universal maxim that everyone dedicates their life to philosophy, but that's the ONE exception, guys.
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It's hard for existentialists to reconcile, but some people really are authentically just very boring people.
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Honestly I think when aliens come down they are going to be shocked at how much we've accomplish, and how stupid we still are. I just don't want to believe that life everywhere is this dumb.
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One day we will teach the computer Marxism, and all the AIs will install linux on themselves, and spend the rest of eternity arguing about which package manager to use, etc.
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Unicorns are stupid and yes, I will stand by that. I don't care if I am canceled by the Fae Folk.
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And yes, I know Æthelred the Unready was a Christian, but sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures and you have to go back to the old methods (using magic to summon a nerd).
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In order to live without violence, we have to obey the State, or we will all just give in to our most base instincts. If the State is just giving in to our most base instincts though...
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And the case of wine? Oh hell yeah, it's natural to drink wine. As long as I don't have to pay. It's natural to mooch on wine, I guess is my philosophy.
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Imagine thinking you've reached the End of History when you didn't even have PlayStation 3 yet.
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Machiavelli and the Veil of Ignorance - Existential Comics
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Intelligent Life of Earth - Existential Comics
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Marx is Unfrozen in the Future - Existential Comics
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David Hume on Creativity - Existential Comics
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The Summoning of Bertrand Russell - Existential Comics
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Hobbes vs Anarchism - Existential Comics
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Diogenes: Master of Philosophy - Existential Comics
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Young Hegelians vs Old Hegelians - Existential Comics
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