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On The Brink Of Artificial Life
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Posted on 06/17/2007 6:37:25 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: ndt
No more danger than in creating a sub-human being.
A bunch of chemicals looking like a person does not a human make. And .. where will the spirit and soul of the person come from ..?? a petrie dish ..??
You’re really talking about a robot that looks like a human but isn’t really a human. No thanks!
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posted on
06/18/2007 9:46:11 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(What is it about "ILLEGAL" that people don't understand ..??)
To: CyberAnt
"You’re really talking about a robot that looks like a human but isn’t really a human. No thanks!"
Now that is an interesting statement. It sounds like if a "human" was built from scratch in a lab, you would not acknowledge it's humanity. That mindset sounds ripe for some pretty horrendous misuse.
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posted on
06/18/2007 9:50:29 PM PDT
by
ndt
To: ndt
“misuse”
I believe humans were created by God .. but you don’t have to .. but don’t try to intimidate me into thinking what I believe is some sort of “horrendous misuse”.
A chemistry experiment does not have humanity. A person’s humanity comes from being born of humans .. not created in a petrie dish. This thing - whatever you call it - would have no parents. That’s totally out of God’s plan for humanity.
That sounds more like a “horrendous misuse” to me.
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posted on
06/19/2007 9:19:15 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(What is it about "ILLEGAL" that people don't understand ..??)
To: CyberAnt
"I believe humans were created by God .. but you don’t have to .. but don’t try to intimidate me into thinking what I believe is some sort of “horrendous misuse”."
Intimidate? I'm not sure how you felt that was an intimidation tactic.
The debate about whether another human has a soul or not has been held a number of times before. This is not a new idea.
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posted on
06/19/2007 9:24:33 PM PDT
by
ndt
To: ndt
YOU SAID: “It sounds like if a “human” was built from scratch in a lab, you would not acknowledge it’s humanity. That mindset sounds ripe for some pretty horrendous misuse.”
To be a “human” you need to be born from a human .. not brewed in a lab. And .. that “mindset” does not preclude “horrendous misuse”.
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posted on
06/19/2007 9:32:08 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(What is it about "ILLEGAL" that people don't understand ..??)
To: CyberAnt
"To be a “human” you need to be born from a human .. not brewed in a lab. And .. that “mindset” does not preclude “horrendous misuse”."
I agree, it's not precluded, it's practically guaranteed.
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posted on
06/19/2007 9:37:13 PM PDT
by
ndt
To: ndt
Well .. I guess we have to agree to disagree!
Later!
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posted on
06/20/2007 8:14:31 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(What is it about "ILLEGAL" that people don't understand ..??)
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