On Morality of Suicide, a Wide Disparity of Opinion; Why?

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Close to a majority, 49 percent, answered that committing suicide with a doctor’s help is morally acceptable, while 45 percent responded that it is not. Source
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A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

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It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Source
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Utah Versus Nature Rights

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Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong. Source
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