commanderabutt:thesilvergoddess:michaeldirnt:littlemissmutant:I love this because this is the argume
commanderabutt:thesilvergoddess:michaeldirnt:littlemissmutant:I love this because this is the argument every bioethicist makes about why people with disabilities shouldn’t exist.“They won’t be Beethoven or Monet! They won’t write beautiful poetry! They won’t excel in a sport! Those things are not options for them!”A) you’re wrong but also B) your argument is easily demolished with a two-word rebuttal delivered by a fictional robotthe funny thing is that Beethoven was disabledMonet had severe depression and rheumatoid arthritisi literally expected the first comment to say “beethoven was a robot” -- source link