Re: Flawed heros

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From	djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject	Re: Flawed heros
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Date	2025-08-09 22:10 +0000
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In article <H6Z3hsIqczB@ATH>, Mickmane <ATH@kruemel.org> wrote:
>On 09.08.25, Joy Beeson  <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>I'd disagree on "nobody is born with a fundamentally good moral  
>code...". Humans certainly are born as a blank slate with just hardware,  
>and upbringing adds the software.

[Hal Heydt]
I'd modify that slightly to claim that humans (and other animals)
aare also born with some firmware.  One could argue about the
degree to which the firmware can be modified--or just
overridden--by accumulations of software.  (One also needs to be
careful not to stretch the analogies too far...)

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Flawed heros Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2025-08-08 22:11 -0400
  Re: Flawed heros "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> - 2025-08-09 23:04 +0200
    Re: Flawed heros djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-09 22:10 +0000
      Re: Flawed heros "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> - 2025-08-10 09:38 +0200
        Re: Flawed heros djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-10 19:06 +0000
          Re: Flawed heros "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> - 2025-08-10 22:35 +0200

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