Recent content by Dagny

Wait, why is killing intelligent machines okay? Is it still okay if these hypothetical machines are capable of physical or emotional pain? If we're starting from a premise of intelligent machines existing, I don't think it's implausible that they might be capable of experiencing pain. My own...

People seem to be very divided on the issue of hair dye. Those who are opposed to it seem to object to its being fake. Personally I don't see any problem with it. I think that the color you choose for yourself is more real than the one you happened to be born with, because it's more...

I feel that this poll could use more options. :P I don't really do romance right now, so I guess I'll say what kind of hair colors I enjoy looking at the most, rather than what kind of hair I'd prefer in a mate. I really like to see creatively dyed hair--like if someone combines a bunch of...

Right, that's what I'm saying--I do agree that technically the term "discrimination" can encompass any of those things. But I also think that since we don't have more precise terminology to work with, we have no choice but to define the term partly by the context in which it's being used. In...

I put "ego, self image," which for me is sort of half of it. I think it ultimately comes down to empathy. If I do something that makes someone feel sad/angry/frustrated/embarrassed/disappointed, or fail to do something that could have stopped them from feeling that way, then I'm acutely aware of...

Agreed. Unfortunately I can't really think of a word that means specifically what the OP was talking about. It would be a lot easier if there were one word for "choosing between multiple things based on their characteristics," and another word for "depriving a person of his basic dignity or...

Using a very loose definition of "discriminated against..." Let's just say that having blue hair severely limits one's job opportunities. Recently, I've been able to get around it by wearing a (hot, itchy, uncomfortable) wig to work. I don't think that sort of appearance-based discrimination...

I agree with some of these, but others seems like overreactions. I can understand getting annoyed over alternate vs. alternative, or wait on vs. wait for, because they actually affect the meaning of the sentence; but I don't get the issue with "24/7" or "half hour."

One time I was looking out the back window of my parents' motorhome, and I saw that the driver of the car behind me was both texting AND smoking. That's a collision waiting to happen.