If it’s acceptable for humans to exploit other animals for food, clothing, labor, entertainment or experiments because we’re more intelligent than them, would it be equally acceptable for a superintelligent alien race with 10x the mental capacity as humans to do the same to us?

  • bromine@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    because we’re more intelligent than them

    Are we? Humans are the only species that is destroying the entire world in 200 years - not only for themselves, but also for the other millions of species.

    Humans are the dumbest animals.

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      1 year ago

      Most animals aren’t intelligent enough to destroy the world even if they wanted to. Intelligence doesn’t mean good or moral. It’s the capacity to process information.