moriartythecrowned:michaeldirnt:littlemissmutant:I love this because this is the argument every bioe
moriartythecrowned: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 disabledSo was Monet, he was near-sighted and his eyesight continued to get worse, and he was basically blind by his death. He painted his Water Lilies paintings after he lost his eyesight almost completely. -- source link
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