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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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360 points danielmorozoff | 7 comments | 24 Aug 25 09:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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gethly ◴[27 Aug 25 05:43 UTC] No.45035825[source]▶
I'm sure that lives of those animals whom are being tortured for this tech to be developed were changed as well.
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1. weregiraffe ◴[27 Aug 25 06:10 UTC] No.45035982[source]▶
As you typed these words, millions of animals out in the wild were being devoured alive by other animals. Torture was here before humans.
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2. mailund ◴[27 Aug 25 07:03 UTC] No.45036337[source]▶
I don't feel like it is unreasonable to put a different set of ethical standards to an animal out in the wild and a human.
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3. stavros ◴[27 Aug 25 07:08 UTC] No.45036361[source]▶
Given the billions of animals we torture for food, at least the ones tortured for the good of humanity are slightly less unjustified. However, "animals kill each other in nature all the time" is not a good argument, because I don't have to hold myself to the moral standards of a hyena.
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4. weregiraffe ◴[28 Aug 25 05:55 UTC] No.45048897[source]▶
The hyena can't and won't appreciate it. Why do you have moral standards that don't require reciprocity? Do you think god will reward you in heaven?
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5. weregiraffe ◴[28 Aug 25 05:56 UTC] No.45048899[source]▶
Sure, as long as it concerns other humans.
6. stavros ◴[28 Aug 25 08:44 UTC] No.45049896{3}[source]▶
You don't have moral standards?
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7. weregiraffe ◴[28 Aug 25 09:27 UTC] No.45050167{4}[source]▶
Do you think there is a counter somewhere, summing up how much suffering every single living being caused?