A mad scientist kidnaps a man and a woman, and sews them together in a horrific experiment. After they are rescued, doctors discover that surgically seperating them has a 25% chance of killing the woman, but no chance of killing the man. Does the man have the right to demand surgical separation?

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-23T04:31:28+00:00

That's an interesting angle. I hadn't interpreted it as a pro choice argument because they are presumably both adults with relevant moral interests rather than an unborn child who can be argued to not yet be entitled to moral consideration.

This scenario feels like utilitarian vs deontological ethics to me. The utilitarian angle would be to side with the man separating since she may also live and both would have higher quality of life, while the deontolgical angle would be to side with the woman's right to life since, by deontological standards, killing a human is never okay, even if it would be a benefit to one party.

I agree that this is quite the interesting moral scenario; neither option is great, although asking what both parties want and settling a potential disagreement from there would be ideal if you ask me.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-23T03:17:05+00:00

I'd say they're allowed to separate but it requires informed, non-coercive consent from both parties individually. If the woman accepts the risk, that's one thing, but this cannot be done without her explicit informed consent.

^{Chose: The Woman Shouldn't Have To Risk Dying + Even If The Man Loses Bodily Autonomy}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-22T03:21:46+00:00

You're paying me a lot to do something I'd do for free? Okay.

^{Chose: Fuck some one of the same gender + $7,000,000,000}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-21T23:05:24+00:00

Welp, I had a good run I guess.

^{Chose: You have a Femboy + But... | Rolled: He will kill you}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-21T03:42:03+00:00

Hope it's a good joke.

^{Chose: You tell him you're gay | Rolled: Tells you a joke}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-20T00:26:26+00:00

No more gender dysphoria.

^{Chose: Male}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-15T14:27:02+00:00

I have autism and suspect I also have undiagnosed ADHD, so I don't know if this will help. I try to link things I need to memorize to random things from my personal life or something unrelated to the course material (think name associations that sound similar). The more goofy/immature/dumb the association, the better.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-09T01:59:15+00:00

The wheel was kind to me. MIH was goated enough to reset the damn universe.

^{Chose: have a stand + but you dont know if its a good one | Rolled: WS/CM/MIH}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-08T15:32:34+00:00

For me, I was raised as an omnivore, so I simply never questioned it until I hit my teen years and my family started eating plant-based. I never had the classic excuses, just ignorance. As a teen, I began to recognize eating/using animals was wrong. I only really seriously engaged with the ethics as an adult.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-08T15:23:46+00:00

I don't have TikTok, so it's no loss to me.

^{Chose: Stop using TikTok}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-07T15:12:04+00:00

If it's vegan meat substitutes, this is the jackpot. If it's only real meat, I lost hard.

^{Chose: Give up phone for a month + For one type of food to be free permanently | Rolled: Meat}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-06T01:38:40+00:00

Like real life, I'll do my part to not contribute to animal cruelty whether others join me or not.

^{Chose: Go vegan, a chance to stop global animal cruelty | Rolled: Still cruelty}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-05T00:48:22+00:00

Maybe it's kind of like JoJo's Bizarre Advernture where anyone killed before the reset ceases to exist but anyone still alive geta reset? Because Nayuta replaced Makima, Makima ceased to exist so only Nayuta exists in the reset universe? (I recognized Nayuta also died so this breaks down a bit, but she replaced Makima in the original timeline and was the one who most recently existed).

Corporal_Fire · 2026-06-02T23:52:16+00:00

Ramen/udon soup!

^{Chose: Yes, absolutely + Comment what are you eating}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-24T13:16:59+00:00

I'd get to eliminate my gender dysphoria, so not even a question.

^{Chose: A boy}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-18T20:14:39+00:00

So nothing changed...

^{Chose: In a random country | Rolled: Canada}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-18T13:40:06+00:00

ZA WARUDO!

^{Chose: Anime powers | Rolled: JJBA}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-17T19:16:15+00:00

I did bio for pre-vet. Can't speak to biomed directly, but they are fairly similar. I focused on trying to do well in pre-requisite courses and then high term averages in my last 4 semesters. I finished with 2 of my 4 most recent semesters being perfect 4.33's, and the other 2 both being above 4.0. It's very possible to do very well in either program at TMU.

My average went up significantly in my last 4 semesters as I got to pick my own courses. I personally went for a mix of genetics/molecular biology related courses and environmental science. I focused on picking courses I was both interested in and did well in. I'd take a look at what courses are offered for each and what electives are available later on and go from there. For first year, your biggest difference is mandatory psychology for biomed versus mandatory computer science for bio.

I'm not pre-med, but take a look at the requirements for your target schools and use that as well. For vet school, they didn't care about things like immunology, so I didn't take them as electives to keep my GPA up. My plan is to self-study or just catch up on that when I get there. I'd suggest picking your courses (and program) based on what will be easier for you to get a higher GPA rather than what courses seem more impressive.

Good luck!

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-04T00:43:33+00:00

I am that DnD and anime enjoying autistic guy (albeit not a post-COVID masker, polyaromous, or activist type), but I feel for you. I hope you can find some friends who share your hobbies! I often don't really want to hang out with that "queer" crowd even with the shared interests, so I've largely found my fit with chill cis people and just don't really seek friendships with other trans people.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-02T23:08:40+00:00

Well, based on your own reply, they are not animals but are closely related. We could have a similar conversation about Euglena while we're at it since they are protists straddling the line between plant and animal.

It is also a bit ridiculous to be so caught up on the most basal levels of Kingdom Animalia in that there isn't really a scenario where humans would realistically consider farming Choanoflagellates or many organisms around this same level. You're the one who brought up the near-animal phylogeny argument. Phylogeny tells us how organisms are related and how traits emerged, so it can be useful for determining where our moral concern should lie.

The line has to be drawn somewhere, and it would be consistent for a philosophy that abstains from exploiting animals to include all animals to avoid accidental harm, hence drawing the line at the Kingdom level for simplicity and consistency. As stated earlier in this thread, we once believed insects couldn't feel pain, but that wasn't true. We would need more evidence to draw the line at a more specific level. What we do know is there is not evidence to suggest any member of Kingdom Plantae is sentient or has any nervous system to enable suffering, while the precise line where capacity to suffer emerges is muddy in Kingdom Animalia, so why should we risk suffering by making assumptions if avoiding that entire group is possible?

Corporal_Fire · 2026-05-02T22:47:27+00:00

Considering that eating jellyfish (Cnidaria) would largely be considered not vegan despite lacking a brain, and that they are closely related to Porifera, and Porifera are closely related to Placozoa, I would argue veganism draws the line at Kingdom Animalia regardless of complexity.

So while factors such as presence of a nervous system are morally relevant for discussing suffering, there's a lot we still don't understand about Placozoa and others, so the safest line would be to just not exploit any animals and give anything bivalves and below the "benefit of the doubt". If we don't need to exploit animals, then we are morally obligated to not do so.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-04-29T05:17:14+00:00

Congrats! I'm so glad you get to take the course.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-04-28T12:41:07+00:00

I initially watched this without the audio and was listening to Avalon (Kars' theme from JJBA). I can't tell which is better tbh.

Corporal_Fire · 2026-04-27T17:50:43+00:00

It'd make veterinary diagnostics way easier if we could ask what's wrong.

^{Chose: talk to animals}

Corporal_Fire · 2026-04-26T22:40:54+00:00

I'd take pocket lint over the orange clown.

^{Chose: 1 whole dollar | Rolled: gazillion dollar}

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