Because the motive and the modus operandi make a good fit for the scenario. The family is not interested in the emotional baggage of foul play, or the hassle of an arduous investigation, which would, hypothetically,…
ANCIENT NANOTECHNOLOGY! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-1600-year-old-gob...
Which is worse? A robotic crime wave, or a human crime wave? A robotic miscarriage of justice, or a human miscarriage of justice? I think, in both situations, the two are not equivalent, and the robotic version is not…
When your accusers are provided the luxury of never having to face you, how confident are you that "the law" will be carried out fairly, and that the "laws" themselves will not be arbitrary? Just as confident as you are…
The funny thing about policy wonks is that they believe policy, diplomacy and international law are the only way things get resolved, even amidst the state of nature that persists between international actors. The…
Yeah, but this puts us closer than ever to the brink of a nuclear exchange. For the purposes of a thought experiment, consider the false dichotomy of "America" and "NotAmerica" as two hypothetical opposing forces, where…
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Because the motive and the modus operandi make a good fit for the scenario. The family is not interested in the emotional baggage of foul play, or the hassle of an arduous investigation, which would, hypothetically,…
ANCIENT NANOTECHNOLOGY! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-1600-year-old-gob...
Which is worse? A robotic crime wave, or a human crime wave? A robotic miscarriage of justice, or a human miscarriage of justice? I think, in both situations, the two are not equivalent, and the robotic version is not…
When your accusers are provided the luxury of never having to face you, how confident are you that "the law" will be carried out fairly, and that the "laws" themselves will not be arbitrary? Just as confident as you are…
The funny thing about policy wonks is that they believe policy, diplomacy and international law are the only way things get resolved, even amidst the state of nature that persists between international actors. The…
Yeah, but this puts us closer than ever to the brink of a nuclear exchange. For the purposes of a thought experiment, consider the false dichotomy of "America" and "NotAmerica" as two hypothetical opposing forces, where…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_matter_of_programming http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/SMOP.html http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SimpleMatterOfProgramming http://everything2.com/title/Smop