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Why are humans better than cockroaches?

Why are humans better than cockroaches?

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Would you rather be a man or a cockroach?

Dance.


I expect FMF to come back with something like, he had no choice so the question is meaningless.

We'll see what fancy philosophical footwork FMF will come up with to reply.
His task - to not say anything suggesting human beings might be in any way better that the poor under appreciated cockroach.

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@sonship said
Would you rather be a man or a cockroach?
A human: I wouldn't have to be a male. It'd be fine to be a woman too. I wouldn't want to be a cockroach. Looking through the prism human consciousness gives us, I'd be surprised to find any human would rather be a cockroach.

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@sonship said
Dance.
Why?

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@FMF

Did I imply that a woman is not a human being?

Did I imply that man excludes female human beings?

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@sonship said
I expect FMF to come back with something like, he had no choice so the question is meaningless.

We'll see what fancy philosophical footwork FMF will come up with to reply.
His task - to not say anything suggesting human beings might be in any way better that the poor under appreciated cockroach.
FMF's task - to not say anything suggesting human beings might be in any way better that the poor under appreciated cockroach.

Being human is better - in just about every way I can think of - than being a cockroach Haven't you been reading the thread?

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@fmf said
Why?
Exactly. Why?

So you prefer to be a man than a cockroach.
(Cute caveats notwithstanding).

What do you mean looking through the prism etc.?

Are you saying if you looked through a cockroach prism you would choose differently?

Don't dance then.

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@sonship said
Did I imply that a woman is not a human being?
No but you did ask me if I would rather be a man instead of asking me if I'd rather be a human

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@sonship said
What do you mean looking through the prism etc.?
Using the capacities that comprise human consciousness.

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@sonship said
Are you saying if you looked through a cockroach prism you would choose differently?
I have no idea what a cockroach's prism is like.

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@FMF

Being human is better - in just about every way I can think of - than being a cockroach Haven't you been reading the thread?


What would you reply to the charge that you are practicing an undue "specieism?"

How would you respond to someone charging you with a Species preference like Racism, quite [edited] unwarranted and self servingly bias towards humans?

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@sonship said
What would you reply to the charge that you are practicing an undue "specieism?"
In this case, I would not care.

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@sonship said
How would you respond to someone charging you with a Species preference like Racism, quote unwarranted and self servingly bias towards humans?
I probably wouldn't take them very seriously but if they had the debating style and personal/intellectual equilibrium of someone like, say, moonbus, it might be interesting to hear them out.

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@sonship said
I expect FMF to come back with something like, he had no choice so the question is meaningless.
Why?

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@FMF

In this case, I would not care.


Could this apathetic "not caring" of yours be taken by some as stubborn dogmatism quite close minded to reasonable counter arguments?

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@FMF

Why?


Why not?
You enjoy here to argue and discuss, right?

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