Cassius_Corodes
Cassius_Corodes t1_irmi8m0 wrote
Reply to comment by Algorythmis in What lifeform has the shortest genetic sequence? by teafuck
I personally don't see it much different to eating an animal. You are just taking someone else's energy and materials and using it for your ends. I feel the divide is mostly due to our own bias to somehow see how we get our energy and materials as somehow more worthy.
Cassius_Corodes t1_j9eqsm0 wrote
Reply to comment by Djinn42 in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L
I think this is somewhat common with new technology. Some people just completely disconnect from common sense when some seemingly magical new tech is involved. They propably heard that the photo is like a completely accurate painting but since it clearly doesn't show the beard he now has, it's obviously a fraud and they want their money back.
It always reminds me of when Babbage was showing off his mechanical calculator and was asked if you could put in wrong numbers and still get the right result.