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Anatoly Karlin @powerfultakes

Replying to @RichardHanania

I'm against legalizing bestiality because the animal consent problem hasn't been solved, but probably actually will be quite soon thanks to Al (at least for the higher animals with complex languages). So why not wait a few more years. I don't see disgust as a good reason. It was an evolutionary adaptation of the agricultural era against the spread of zoonotic illnesses, but technology will soon make that entirely irrelevant as well.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't want to endorse dolphin fucking or whatever but idk if we can necessarily very accurately map non human intelligence onto stages of human intelligence development. Like human children can idk stack blocks but they're also very emotionally volatile and forgetful. Whales can't stack blocks but they have a lot of emotional stability, good memories, and large stable social groups. How do you map between that? They're not human.

In some ways non human animals appear very similar, especially other mammals and their social relationships and emotions. In other ways they appear very different. They're their own thing and I think overly simplifying their minds by trying to work out some human age equivalent will just mislead us. It's not like a pig that can do calculus would suddenly become a reasonable romantic partner haha.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s not like a pig that can do calculus would suddenly become a reasonable romantic partner haha.

as a pig that can do calculus, this explains why I'm still single

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Who gave you a keyboard? Back to the truffle dig swine!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

you went to college for calculus and the only job you could find was in law enforcement? damn guess biden's economy really is shit /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed - and for that reason (particularly when balanced against the questionable benefit), I think it's wise to err on the side of caution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yes, that's why I don't eat them either

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago