On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:31:07 Jimmy Wales wrote:
Great apes (bonobos, gorillas, etc.) are a class of
people for whom 24
alleges to speak? "white trash"? To me, these don't sound like
positions sincerely held, but positions chosen simply to generate more
heat than light.
AFAICT, 24 sincerely believes (or has at least consistently taken the
position) that Great Apes deserve the rights
of personhood. This came up in an argument I had with him on the
Artificial Intelligence article (which still needs a fair bit of work).
He's not enitrely alone in this:
http://www.greatapeproject.org/gaphome.html
I've no idea how much support they have, though.
I don't think 24 is a troll. I think he's a kook who rejects
the goals of our project and is actively attempting to change
the project to fit his own ideas.
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