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coldtea on Oct 1, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Great apes appear to have “theory of mind”

>Are we morally obligated to not cut the nip of societal development in the bud for these species?

That's a question that is more of a decision.

The universe doesn't care either way, and wouldn't care if tomorrow a comet extinguished life on Earth entirely.

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