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• Randian Technocrat

  

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  April 18, 2011 6:43:52 PM EDT

  Dolphins have been declared the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, with scientists suggesting they are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”.

   

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6973994.ece

   

  Makes sense.

   

   

• Burke Easter

  

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  April 22, 2011 12:53:53 PM EDT

  Dolphins may not want to be people, anyone ask them? We should check with their ambassador. If they are people, then American Dolphins need to start paying their taxes, I am tired of them freeloading.
• Gene William

  

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  May 4, 2011 9:02:44 PM EDT

  Alien Overlord said:
  

  Dolphins have been declared the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, with scientists suggesting they are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”.

   

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6973994.ece

   

  Makes sense.

   

  What evidence do these "scientists" propose?

   

  1. Brain mass versus body mass.

  2. Vague discussion of "culture".

  3. "Problem solving ability".

   

  The question we have to ask is, "What is a person"?  Why do Dolphins or other Cetecians deserve "personhood"? 

   

  What are the ramifications of declaring Dolphins to be persons?

   

  Last question - it is possible to communicate with any other sort of person. What sort of communication has been realized with Dolphins?  If such communication exists why wasn't it cited in this article?
  

   

   

• Don MacIntyre

  

  • 249 posts
   

  May 6, 2011 8:15:24 AM EDT

  " So long. . .and thanks for all the fish."