from an aesthetic appreciation perspective, I greatly enjoy the prosaic interpretation & phrasing here; this quality of perception & voice is why he's such a great writer
however, there's little truth or ethical utility to it; the interpretation is overly dramatic & inaccurate
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RT @0x49fa98
So let me get this straight. They take actual live unborn babies, grind up their organs, and use them to build automation for making poison hyper-…
https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1397541592798580739
I'll admit that there's certainly a natural body horror & disgust reaction to hearing about fetal cells being used for commercial applications
but, is there any ethical issue with this sort of thing? it's quite banal and in some senses depressing; artificial coffee creamer blows
the cells in question, however, have absolutely no connection to abortions, besides that their predecessors were likely harvested from a fetus decades ago; the phrasing used is intentionally sensational & evocative, intended to paint a certain picture
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RT @HippoHodl
@0x49fa98 Let's break it down into two parts- the science and the ethics.
Science:
Here is how it actually works. The HEK293 cell has been used for almost 50 years. Thi…
https://twitter.com/HippoHodl/status/1397558216419020802
the life sciences involve many such viscerally-disturbing instances, as their purview naturally delves into what many would term "playing god"
they would rather see us regress to a lower standard of living for the sake of their aesthetics sensibilities
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RT @pee_zombie
while degrowth motivations differ wildly, ranging from solarpunk ecoutopian aspirations, to religious fear of incurring God's wrath for meddling with nature, they all…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1396664066656063490
this is a core difference btwn the red & gray tribes: their relationship to the disgust response. do you listen to it, treating it as a intuitive moral compass?
the reds would say that it's bugman bs to try & override your intuition, tuned over the eons, w/ conscious reasoning
but our various aesthetic sensibilities & subsequent ideological positions do tend to form large coherent clusters, loosely aligning with these labels
perhaps it is indeed rather absurd to use harvested & cultured fetal cells to develop synthetic flavorings
but damn bruh relax
the grays, however, taking a more Rationalist perspective, would point to the many instances where our intuitions don't quite map to the complexities of modern life; man cannot live by vibes alone
ofc, this is overly reductive, as most of us here are not strictly in either camp