top | item 46603888 (no title) mcdonje | 1 month ago Not true.1. Plenty of living people defend the reputations of dead people.2. There's no proof that anything we say or do has any impact on dead people. discuss order hn newest card_zero|1 month ago Well, if you think of person as a bunch of ideas, maybe with a mind attached, then by attacking a dead person you're attacking a bunch of vulnerable ideas that no longer have a mind to defend them. You can still call it a person, if you like. twixfel|1 month ago >You can still call it a person, if you like.No thanks, because a person is not a group of ideas + a mind. load replies (1)
card_zero|1 month ago Well, if you think of person as a bunch of ideas, maybe with a mind attached, then by attacking a dead person you're attacking a bunch of vulnerable ideas that no longer have a mind to defend them. You can still call it a person, if you like. twixfel|1 month ago >You can still call it a person, if you like.No thanks, because a person is not a group of ideas + a mind. load replies (1)
twixfel|1 month ago >You can still call it a person, if you like.No thanks, because a person is not a group of ideas + a mind. load replies (1)
card_zero|1 month ago
twixfel|1 month ago
No thanks, because a person is not a group of ideas + a mind.