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Technology like that would be incredibly valuable, which means it will be developed if it can be.

You might possibly convince decent democratic countries to not do it, but if you think China, Russia, etc, would hesitate to get hold of this power we don't live in the same universe.

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Sure, the old trusty "if we don't do it, someone else will" rhetoric. And of course "think of the disabled"!

That rhetoric is old and trusted because it's true.

Yep, true and helps immoral scumbags embrace their depravity and do what the others would otherwise do, and even bear some semblance of a moral ground in the eyes of the clueless.

We clearly live in very different moral universes. Hope yours works for you!

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