A Survey: What would your Super Heroic Moral Code be?

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

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Marcian posted when he got close to the 100 responses mark since he discovered the survey tool charges for more results.

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

Taking all this back to the original thread:


If you WERE a superhero engaging a foe, would you use a different level of force on an adversary because it was:

- obviously a non-biological machine? (example: rip off a robot's arms vs ripping off a human being's arms)

- biological, but nonhuman in appearance? (example: it looks like a giant mosquito vs looking like a green-skinned supermodel)

- so alien you can't identify what would be vital or not? (example: you can't tell whether you'd do the equivalent of a gut-punch or a larynx-crushing throat smash)

Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay

$20 for one month of full, unlimited access to their tools. An amazing price for marketing research. I, however, am not a marketing firm.

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

Yes, the philosophical difference lies in the distinction of SELF awareness, which, admittedly, we have problems even measuring through outside observation devoid of language, let alone all the issues with actually DEFINING it. Plant tests have shown some situational awareness and responsiveness, but nothing to suggest the concept of self is present.

Again, though, the whole concept of self-awareness may just be a human-centric conceit- a kind of "soul" for the scientific-minded that justifies our domination of the globe. We do, after all, consider this as the norm- something inherent in all human beings by default, pretty much regardless of developmental age, mental condition, (and political persuasion :P ) but we only grudgingly and with great reservation attribute it to other species. It's still debated in "highly-developed" minds of dolphins, elephants, and apes, despite considerable scientifically-controlled tests... and the less scientific but much more frequent observations suggesting self-awareness in pets is discarded as simple anthropomorphism by affectionate pet-owners.

Originally Posted by BlackArachnia

Part of the problem I see is that humans define their existance with their senses, yet expect other forms to use our senses as well. Cat's smell themselves, yet that mirror image of themselves has no scent, thus it is not real to them. An example only.

We have little idea as to how a plant senses it's environment, thus how can we tell how it recognizes itself or other plants?

Originally Posted by GuyPerfect

How costly would it be to make one of my own? A little HTML here, a little CGI there... All you'd need is a server, and that's something I got!

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Who cares as long as they taste delicious.