Friday, April 30, 2010
A hypothetical
A scientist has information that demonstrates that your genes are slightly poisonous to the world, insofar as each generation after you that comes from your line will be 1 percent more destructive of the social good, whatever that means. If this were found out, society would have to kill you. You have the chance to destroy any trace of knowledge of this fact, and would leave the scientist undisturbed. What do you do? N.b., any answer claiming lack of worth in your life because all life is meaningless would not be fruitful, since if all life is meaningless, all life is meaningless.
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Right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
ReplyDeleteRemain celibate. If the truth comes out, so be it. In fact, given the state of the West, I'm sure they would grant that I had a right to reproductive autonomy even if it meant their death.
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