Douglas Adams actually explored this. In The Restaurant at The End of the Universe, Arthur is waited upon by a sentient bovine creature whose species wants to be eaten and spend their lives conditioning themselves to be as succulent as possible.
Cuz like are they forced? They were spawned by the infinitely possible universe. Implying that free will itself is fundamentally constrained by biology, or perhaps the deterministic nature of the universe itself.
Douglas Adams actually explored this. In The Restaurant at The End of the Universe, Arthur is waited upon by a sentient bovine creature whose species wants to be eaten and spend their lives conditioning themselves to be as succulent as possible.
Arthur was preeetty fuckin weirded out by that.
Yeah, is it consent if you are genetically forced to be consenting?
I loved that part of the book, fellow hitchhiker.
Is it consent if everything is deterministic and free will is an illusion???
Okay, I am going to go drink some whiskey
Dude is deep as the 10th circle of hell.
Cuz like are they forced? They were spawned by the infinitely possible universe. Implying that free will itself is fundamentally constrained by biology, or perhaps the deterministic nature of the universe itself.
It reminds me of the lyrics,
Now you are quoting Rise Against!? Are you me?