One can modify one's definition of Life so that a sufficiently sophisticated toaster is alive, or one can try to build a sufficiently sophisticated toaster, until our currently accepted definition of Life applies to it.
Yes, it does depend highly on the context.
There were no talks of artificial intelligence some decades ago but now that they are appearing it seems a highly possible way to keep Humans superior by modifying the context.
Being a "living" or a "non-living" generates a different response in our daily life. This thought was based on the line that would ever "it" be considered different than what it is now!
If Fairness equals same opportunities, then that implies it would only be "fair" (Fairness) to have a Eugenics program, resulting in every child born being of identically high IQ and other character traits, physical abilities, health and talents.
I am not arguing in favor or against Eugenics - just making an observation.
The way forward is sturdier masks that last "forever", with removable filters that can be sterilized in boiling water, exposure to the UVC in sunlight, drenching in household bleach or thorough washing with water and detergent.
This is exactly the way the Czech Republic is going, with several companies now churning out such masks and the government being the bigger buyer. Stockpiling billions of expiration-sensitive disposable masks is more expensive, compared to pre-distributing one reusable mask to every citizen.
But they give no scientific arguments for that. They simply voice an ill-argued opinion that basically amounts to that they do not BELIEVE in IgM antibodies for Bb s.l., even though the test objectively does show them in a large number of people diagnosed and treated for Borreliosis.
You're right about the quacks and the delusions. I have auto-immune issues after a Bb infection and after three years of high-dosed Doxycycline I still tested positive for IgM (active infection). Tested by a German state-accredited reference lab. I'm self employed and never asked for disability money, never kept going to doctors to try to solve the issue. I now have CFS and Rheumatoid Arthritis and when I stop taking Doxycycline (I try that all the time, I hate taking pills), I get severe neurological problems, such as incontinence and my breathing stops all the time and many other symptoms such as extreme tachycardia in rest, aggression etc. Something is wrong. Does Doxycycline manage my CNS inflammation or are there still spirochetes?
It explains the Ether (EPOLA, Electron-Positron Lattice) and states the many proofs for that, as well as explains many hitherto unexplained physics phenomena such as Mass Inertia, the speed of light c, Gravity and the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
You'd think the concept of "Ether" is debunked but after reading the book you'll be convinced it is real.
Coulomb forces are much weaker at the ends of highly elliptical nuclei. We've always assumed atomic nuclei are spherical. They are not. Iron nuclei have ends where the Coulomb forces are two orders of magnitude lesser than assuming a spherical shape would predict.
Their SERPS will only return quotes on toxic MASCULINITY.
Do the same thing in Yandex and they'll give you the correct results. Google uses AI to identify "non-PC sites" and push them down in the SERPS.
This kind of certitude is exactly what's wrong with nutrition science. Trans fats are one of the primary exogenous culprits of heart disease along with smoking. And though the evidence is comparatively weak, there's some evidence trans fats in particular and saturated fats more generally can contribute to insulin resistance.
How about we just say that carbohydrates, particularly refined carbohydrates, are at the top of the list of things one would do best to avoid or minimize, along with trans fats. (He says, as he drinks his morning Mt. Dew and donut.) We should be wary of making affirmative statements without exceptionally strong evidence. We're not discussing sports statistics or the weather. Unsubstantiated or poorly conceived advice by both professionals and in general public discourse has caused irreparable harm to millions.
Trans fats are not in FOOD. They're poison, artificially created in a chemistry lab and put into fake "food".
As to me being unqualified to say what I said, according to you: I wonder whether you've spend more time absorbing the medical research literature than I have. I've spent the last three years intensively studying the topic.
Trans fats are a natural component of dairy and meat, particularly beef. Prior to the systematic removal of trans fats from processed foods (e.g. hydrogenated oil), trans fats from natural sources constituted 20% of dietary trans fats. See, e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551118/ That's significant considering the prevalence of foodstuffs like margarine and Crisco back then. Today they likely constitute a greater percentage of dietary trans fats. And while total trans fats intake may be declining, if people substitute hydrogenated oil with these "natural" fats, the societal health benefits will be seriously blunted.
This is complete, unsubstantiated conjecture on my part, but perhaps the evidence that showed that dairy and red meat were relatively bad for cardiovascular health had something to do with their comparatively large percentage of trans fats.
One can modify one's definition of Life so that a sufficiently sophisticated toaster is alive, or one can try to build a sufficiently sophisticated toaster, until our currently accepted definition of Life applies to it.