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by burnished 1135 days ago
Are you intentionally echoing that scene from starship troopers where the pundit makes the same claim about 'smart bugs'?
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hospitalhusband 1135 days ago
I don't base my ideas on what constitutes humanity, intelligence, or sentience on hundred million dollar fiction.
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burnished 1135 days ago
Alright then you should also consider not basing it off of whether you find the concept insulting. It doesn't seem to be the strongest rebuttal available.
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hospitalhusband 1134 days ago
That it's insulting has nothing to do with my reasoning. You have it backwards.
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