I think we have bookmarks in a few conversations now, and I owe you some replies. If I can make a request, should you stumble into some free time, the topic I am most curious to continue is NASA Attack.
"NASA Attack", hahah! Like I mentioned before, I have been thinking about it, and have come to a fairly deep-seated philosophical hurdle in the conversation. You have placed an infinite amount of worth/value on a human life, and I'm not so sure that I do (maybe I'm competing for Hubski's King Asshole title). I'll flesh this out better in the thread you linked to someday soon. Maybe.
If you are referring to feeding starving kids, I wouldn't say the value is infinite, but it is surely non-zero. The entire justification for collecting taxes to fund NASA is to pay for benefit X, right? Call X whatever you want, but it also has some non-zero value. I ask: who enjoys the benefit of X? Who pays for the benefit? When you get around to it. And don't miss the video!an infinite amount of worth/value on a human life