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Apart from the fact that unfortunately we can never make such prediction (hence the entire question is pointless, to begin with), how does your "but" invalidate my statement?
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Three sentences in passive form. Three pieces of essential information that I would need to understand your post are missing.
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where my consciousness to escape the linear trappings of words (notice the way this text appears to be moving along a straight line?) and embraces an awareness of the planet's surface, and all the moving parts of the planet (so that I am like an amazing future-predicting Dune hero) and my mind rapidly traces the important causality-loops,
it becomes me to justifiably violently CONQuer THe WORLd! why? to do otherwise results in less freedom, more death, more suffering, in both the long and short term.
my rise to power is violent but justified (by my thinking) because it's like amputating a few fingers to save the whole person
it becomes me to justifiably violently CONQuer THe WORLd! why? to do otherwise results in less freedom, more death, more suffering, in both the long and short term.
my rise to power is violent but justified (by my thinking) because it's like amputating a few fingers to save the whole person
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Well, if you ever become that amazing future-predicting Dune hero who's trying to take over the world and you find yourself in need of a right hand man, look me up 
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where my consciousness to escape the linear trappings of words (notice the way this text appears to be moving along a straight line?) and embraces an awareness of the planet's surface, and all the moving parts of the planet (so that I am like an amazing future-predicting Dune hero) and my mind rapidly traces the important causality-loops,
it becomes me to justifiably violently CONQuer THe WORLd! why? to do otherwise results in less freedom, more death, more suffering, in both the long and short term.
my rise to power is violent but justified (by my thinking) because it's like amputating a few fingers to save the whole person
That´s the cloth Holy War and Jihad are made of.
it becomes me to justifiably violently CONQuer THe WORLd! why? to do otherwise results in less freedom, more death, more suffering, in both the long and short term.
my rise to power is violent but justified (by my thinking) because it's like amputating a few fingers to save the whole person
That´s the cloth Holy War and Jihad are made of.
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then i'v got news for you: they're going to win.
any soldiers capable of an awareness of the present and future happenings of the entire planet surface have a distinct advantage over their enemies
any soldiers capable of an awareness of the present and future happenings of the entire planet surface have a distinct advantage over their enemies
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I wasn´t aware that we were talking about hypothetical non- or super- human entities. We have seen a lot of persons who felt that they had transcended human limitations. The unfortunate part is that you yourself can not conclusively tell whether you are deluded in case of having this impression.
As for humans: The idea that their killings serve a greater good are not dependent on knowledge, but merely on the idea that you have this knowledge. And thus, we typically find this argument brought forth by whoever feels justified to kill whomever.
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i agree that thinking your every action is inspired by omniscience and omnipotence (what i think you'r talking about) leads to all kinds of insanity and stupidity.
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Ah, this sounds like the manga/anime "Death Note". In the story, the owner of the Death Note magically and secretly kills anyone who he personally judges to be a criminal, thus striking fear into criminals and lowering crime rates. But this is still a reign of terror that takes away national sovereignty, that replaces court systems with a secret and unchallengable "court", and turns the world into a kind of (secret) police state. He quickly finds that he has to kill anyone, even "good" people, who attempt to end his idealistic quest in the name of the different ideals of justice (by fair and open trials with careful procedures) or democracy.
It seems to me that "taking over the world" implies some measure of political oppression, and this would be inconsistant with "making the world a better place". The quality of a society isn't determined by crime rates alone.
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taking power away from people who could hurt themselves is a bad thing?
Would you not take a toothpick from a child?
Would you not take a toothpick from a child?
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Taking power away from people who try to conquer the world is a bad thing?
Would you not take tanks away from Hitler?
eudaimonia,
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