Quote:
Originally Posted by Ilya  There is a flaw in your logic. The original argument was that similarity (genetic or behavioral) is correlated to caring, and rights. Never was the argument made that 1% similarity implies 1% rights, and 42% similarity implies 42% rights. But it's true that 1% similarity implies less rights than 2% similarity. The function itself probably isn't even linear! |
Yes, that's a valid point ... it was a simplification for the sake of argument.
The general assumption I'm rejecting is that there's any correlation between genes and rights.
For example, if mice have a 99% genetic similarity, whereas a chimp only has 97% similarity, it would follow a mouse would have more rights than a chimp.
This is not plausible, therefore there's no correlation between rights and genes. (I think we are agreeing on this point)