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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
As for RR's -- despite the fact that none have existed to date, fundamental to his argument is the belief that an "unbiased programmer" can exist who will create a system to govern humanity better then the we poor, backward and deeply flawed luddites could ever hope to do.
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Why would we use one programmer? The system would be inherently flawed. We would use a consortium that had no larger picture of the end product that would enable them to game the system. Your argument is invalid.
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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
In accepting this as a truism, RR demonstrates faith in a being whose existence he cannot prove and in whom he will entrust the judgment of life and death over humans.
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I do not accept that as a truism, it's just your weak attempt to frame an argument I'm not making in order to weaken my argument.
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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
A man of such deep and unprovable faith cannot be convinced of the fallacy of said faith.
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Oh, like religious types? Ok, gotcha!