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wedrifid comments on Don't ban chimp testing - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: PhilGoetz 01 October 2011 05:17PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 October 2011 11:04:46AM 3 points [-]

I was going to use the comparison "Humans born mentally handicapped to the point that their cognitive function is equivalent to chimps." (This avoids the potential issue of "babies grow up to be average humans.")

Along similar lines I was going to propose that it should be considered moral to test on "Low IQ Jocks as soon as they finish High School". After all they have finished their glory years and are different to me in similar ways to how I am different to a chimpanzee. But I decided not to post because I decided it was dangerous to go anywhere near a space including "different" and "less moral consideration".

Comment author: Raemon 02 October 2011 05:09:05PM 3 points [-]

I agree that it's dangerous, but I think any remotely productive use of this thread is going to have to. If we're not asking that question, we're not asking the right questions.