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02 Jan 2011, 11:13 am

Sand wrote:
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"As a MAN with Celiac disorder, I'm disgusted by your discrination against those intolerant to glutten!

And I as a PERSON am both disgusted and shocked by your insensitive gender-jingoism.


Absolutely right. He should have identified himself as a person of indeterminate gender.

I hope you mean "person" in the philosophical sense, and not in the sense of "human-being". After all, that would have been intolerably species-ist.


It hadn't occurred to me but you are also correct. He should have identified himself as a cell colony of indeterminate gender. This may piss off a few touchy viruses but when they complain on this site I will come up with something.

I completely agree with you, Sand. We need to promote solidarity.

However, what about AI? I mean, an AI would not likely be comprised of cells, so should we discriminate like this against them?



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02 Jan 2011, 11:26 am

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Sand wrote:
Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Sand wrote:
Philologos wrote:
"As a MAN with Celiac disorder, I'm disgusted by your discrination against those intolerant to glutten!

And I as a PERSON am both disgusted and shocked by your insensitive gender-jingoism.


Absolutely right. He should have identified himself as a person of indeterminate gender.

I hope you mean "person" in the philosophical sense, and not in the sense of "human-being". After all, that would have been intolerably species-ist.


It hadn't occurred to me but you are also correct. He should have identified himself as a cell colony of indeterminate gender. This may piss off a few touchy viruses but when they complain on this site I will come up with something.

I completely agree with you, Sand. We need to promote solidarity.

However, what about AI? I mean, an AI would not likely be comprised of cells, so should we discriminate like this against them?


As far as I know no AI has attained legal personhood. So that is not currently a worry. But the Supreme Court is edging pretty close to declaring corporations as persons. I have no idea how the gender of a corporation can be discovered since they seem (as far as I know) to have no sexual organs.



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02 Jan 2011, 12:59 pm

WE [the voluntary association of free cells here communicating as Philologos] feel you [whatever you may be] can rule out AI. In the lump of testosterone known as MasterPedant we have noted very little artificiality, though an acceptable level of intelligence.



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02 Jan 2011, 1:57 pm

Agnostic.

Not sure if I'm pro, or antipasto.



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02 Jan 2011, 2:23 pm

Philologos wrote:
WE [the voluntary association of free cells here communicating as Philologos] feel you [whatever you may be] can rule out AI. In the lump of testosterone known as MasterPedant we have noted very little artificiality, though an acceptable level of intelligence.

Well, I [the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent spirit known as Awesomelyglorious] still think that we [the entities all present in this communicative session] have problems as there are non-cellular intelligences that have to be accounted for.



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02 Jan 2011, 2:29 pm

Pah.

If those - you will excuse me for using a racially charge term, but I prefer to be blunt, - compounds want recognition they will need to get better organized. WE have cell walls precisely to keep out the riffraff.

Of course, certain immaterial entities may be exempted from this policy, if they can demonstrate that they have propagated without dignal decay at least 10 billion cosmos [1 cosmo = 1.36588... rotation of this galaxy]



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02 Jan 2011, 2:33 pm

Well, I [whatever was previously stated] am not a compound at all. I [repeat] am simple: simply awesome.



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02 Jan 2011, 2:42 pm

I already had you filed as immaterial.



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02 Jan 2011, 6:27 pm

This topic just got awesome.


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02 Jan 2011, 6:36 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Ok, there is a real reason why you want a social safety net, and it isn't just abstract political philosophy. :P

(Is now waiting for the next confession of a disorder from the person who has diabetes, AS, and celiac disorder) :P :P


I also have asthma, myopia, and a vitamin D-deficiency.


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02 Jan 2011, 6:50 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
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Ok, there is a real reason why you want a social safety net, and it isn't just abstract political philosophy. :P

(Is now waiting for the next confession of a disorder from the person who has diabetes, AS, and celiac disorder) :P :P


I also have asthma, myopia, and a vitamin D-deficiency.


What about phobias? (claustrophobia, agoraphobia, hydrophobia, etc)



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02 Jan 2011, 6:59 pm

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What about phobias? (claustrophobia, agoraphobia, hydrophobia, etc)


I'd say I have a mild case of cynophobia (at least new or "strange" dogs) and I might have a mild (and only occasionally relevant) case of hypochondria.


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02 Jan 2011, 7:03 pm

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I'd say I have a mild case of cynophobia (at least new or "strange" dogs) and I might have a mild (and only occasionally relevant) case of hypochondria.


And according to your signature, you are a Keynesophile. You cant get pills for that.


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02 Jan 2011, 7:06 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
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What about phobias? (claustrophobia, agoraphobia, hydrophobia, etc)


I'd say I have a mild case of cynophobia (at least new or "strange" dogs) and I might have a mild (and only occasionally relevant) case of hypochondria.

But no hydrophobia? Maybe we can just expose you to a strange raccoon. Raccoons aren't dogs.



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02 Jan 2011, 7:07 pm

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But no hydrophobia? Maybe we can just expose you to a strange raccoon. Raccoons aren't dogs.


Rabbies is not something I'm that worried about.


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