say we find out there's a "life after death parallel wolrd" and we start measuring and explaining it
is it still a separate world? would we call them ghost? if the consciousness remains active, wouldn't we consider them people with rights? like, who says not having a tangible body means you can't own things??? see? this is how I start writin scifi help
@Efi Yes it's separate, we'd call them ghosts, humanity has a hard enough time considering people as people let alone ghosts, and millennia of case law
@troubleMoney wrongest answer award
@Efi fair point
But once humanity has a bee in its bonnet it eventually ends up either actually or effectively being reality
@troubleMoney I hate that part
it makes me not want to go out
it keeps me away from my well deserved hormones
@Efi the good part is that you can convince humanity that it's wrong about something
The bad part is that it takes bloody ages and is absolutely no help in the short term
@troubleMoney the good part is that you can convince humanity that it's wrong about something
the bad part is that then they will fight about whose fault it is, who has to fix it and hpw to avoid being blamed about it in the future without actually fixing it
@Efi oh they're not quite that bad, they only do that for the first century or so
As I said, bugger all help in the short term but they'll get there eventually
Or wipe themselves out in nuclear fire, one of the two
@troubleMoney I bet we're the third human colony
I bet we're so bad we already fucked up and re-evolved into humans from goop thrice
@Efi they say third time's the charm, might get it right this cycle
@troubleMoney well, yah, but you sait "it is", not "people would see it as", so myah, y'know? you know... you're smart