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Book page / essay (within house oversight committee investigation files)
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Summary
This document appears to be page 167 of a scientific or philosophical book/essay included in a House Oversight investigation file. The text discusses evolutionary ethics, the intersection of religion and science, AI ethics (specifically the 'Trolley Problem' applied to machines), and bioethics regarding genetic engineering and animal intelligence. It references Richard Dawkins and uses the history of IVF (Louise Brown) to illustrate how ethical boundaries shift over time.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Richard Dawkins | Evolutionary Biologist |
Mentioned as having critiqued a division alongside the author.
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| Myself | Author |
The unnamed author of the text writing in the first person.
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| Galileo | Historical Scientist |
Mentioned in context of conflicts with Church doctrine.
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| Darwin | Historical Scientist |
Mentioned in context of conflicts with Church doctrine and 'Darwinian vote'.
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| Louise Brown | First IVF Baby |
Mentioned as an example of shifting ethical red lines regarding in-vitro fertilization.
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| POTUS | President of the United States |
Used as a hypothetical example in a trolley problem scenario ('saintly POTUS').
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Church |
Religious institution mentioned regarding doctrine conflicts.
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| CNN |
Source of the article cited in footnote 45.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
Relationships (1)
Text states 'division has been critiqued by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, myself, and others.'
Key Quotes (4)
"The ultimate “value” (the “should”) is survival of genes and memes."Source
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"Questions that at first seem alien and troubling, like “Who owns the new minds, and who pays for their mistakes?” are similar to well-established laws about who owns and pays for the sins of a corporation."Source
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"Faith and ethics are widespread in our species and can be studied using scientific methods, including but not limited to fMRI, psychoactive drugs, questionnaires, et cetera."Source
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"Just before Louise Brown’s birth in 1978, many people were worried that she “would turn out to be a little monster, in some way, shape or form, deformed, something wrong with her.”"Source
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