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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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[-] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago

A bit of a tangent but I loathe the Chesterton's fence argument. Not only does it shift the burden of proof to proving a negative ("show me this thing is not actually beneficial") but it straight up demands you to make the conservative argument for them. Before you get rid of this bad thing, please demonstrate your understanding of why it's good actually!

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

a cursed idea I just had: chesterton's fence is the engine of sealioning

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

I find it's a great way to figure out who to immediately stop listening to.

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