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Murder is Easier

Rather than murdering idea creators we simply 'kill' false ideas through criticism.
Tom Robinson

Let's assume for a moment that it is very likely that a person will continue to generate unproductive and wrong ideas (say he has a worsening condition like Alzheimers).

Wouldn't it be cheaper (and more ethically justified) just to kill him, instead of waisting valuable time and energy on killing his ideas anf feeding him?

And if future machines are predictably better idea generators than we are, why shouldn't they exterminate all of us biological creatures. Their ethical justification would be to help their machine descendants to be exposed to better ideas. Survival of the fittest?

by a reader on Fri, 02/23/2007 - 17:21

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