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Artificial womb & abortion

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Would you support banning abortion if artificial womb was commonplace?

Yes, any abortion.
3
12%
Yes, excepting severe health problems of the fetus.
1
4%
Yes, excepting any or all of the following: incest, fetus' poor health, rape.
3
12%
No, I'd still want free abortion.
16
64%
Other/pollmaker forgot something.
2
8%
Generic joke option.
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 25

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Senestrum
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Founded: Sep 15, 2007
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Senestrum » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:12 pm

... yes, that is indeed how relativity works in real life. How is that limited to Orson Scott Card?
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Neo Art
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Founded: Jan 09, 2007
Ex-Nation

Postby Neo Art » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:35 pm

Samatolian City-States wrote:Orson Scott Card's depiction of relativistic speeds scare the shit out of me, frankly. Go to another world, and everyone you know will be dead by the time you arrive.


That's...um...that's pretty much exactly how it would work. Although, admittedly, to get the intense time dilation they're talking about you'd have to be traveling at something like 99.99999% the speed of light.
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