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by XorNot 4548 days ago
No it's a rhetorical question, turn it into one with an answer and you'd have rebutted the argument.

You might also note that the answer to your question is that they don't. It is a problem applicable at scale - and we do terrible things to single neurons all the time in the name of science.

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My question wasn't whether neurons have agency. It was whether people have agency.

Also, I intended 'limited agency' to be read as 'zero or very little agency'.