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Comment author: Dentin 22 May 2015 02:59:33PM 1 point [-]

Yes. Absolutely. When that happens inside a human being's head, we generally call them 'mass murderers'. Even I only cooperate with society because there is a net long term gain in doing so; if that were no longer the case, I honestly don't know what I would do. Awesome, that's something new to think about. Thanks.

Comment author: estimator 22 May 2015 03:19:43PM 0 points [-]

That's probably irrelevant, because mass murderers don't have power without all the rest. They are likely to have sentience and conversational ability with self-consciousness, at least.