Comment on The Aliens did a little trolling

• SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Based on the fact they tattoo your answer afterwards, the only way you would have gotten technology is by voting none in a consensus showing you value life over technology, therefore your more likely to be responsible with it, vote on anything other than none and you have voided your ability to be responsible hence no technology. The fact this is not a more common interpretation is honestly disheartening.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    By interpretation I just mean if I was there and I was assuming the aliens weren’t lying about their intentions that’s how I would take “none”.

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    • SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And I’m saying how that being such a common interpretation is disheartening. It should be more apt to apply that any sufficiently advanced being is going to value harmony not disorder which would lead to instability and eventual collapse, hence why it would be an apt litmus test to see if a society would be capable of responsibly utilizing any of their technology. The fact so many are just like “well I like tech” and someone’s gonna say a group so I should say a small minority is extremely sad to see being a common take. I would hope more would recognize the implications behind such an ask, but I guess in this small sample size that’s not the case.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Idk dude, I was raised Christian. I’m used to sufficiently advanced beings having totally arbitrary and often cruel intentions under the guise of being good.

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