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9 Post author: CronoDAS 18 July 2014 04:57AM

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 19 July 2014 05:57:26AM 5 points [-]

If we're talking about Langford-type basilisks, that's a reasonable position. But if you're claiming that no idea can cause disutility, I find that idea to be ridiculous. And you arguing against an idea on the basis that it would be insulting to humanity is rather ... ironic.