05-27-2010, 09:37 AM | #41 | |
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Currently, there are minimum age limits to be considered a full citizen and get the right to vote - but there have been canon references of nonhumans who have attained full citizenship before the customary age of 18 years, which makes sense for quicker-developing SAIs and bioroids. So maybe there are some sort of tests which would permit people to be considered legally adults before the age of 18 if they pass. However, there are also laws which limit the age when you may be elected to a political office. So how should this be adjusted to reflect faster development of many people? I'm not quite sure whether it plausibly would be changed, given that the majority of the German population is elderly. But this might make for an interesting "hot button" issue.
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05-30-2010, 08:05 PM | #42 |
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Re: Why Germany Matters
Perhaps older SAIs and Bioroids campaigning on the basis that enfranchisement will keep 'youth' from becoming a dangerous underclass.
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05-31-2010, 12:51 AM | #43 |
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Re: Why Germany Matters
Is there a way for humans to become mature enough to vote in a similarly short time?
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05-31-2010, 01:43 PM | #44 | |
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It probably makes no sense to grant full adult citizenship rights to SAIs and bioroids at a fixed age, as different SAIs and bioroids will develop at different speeds. Thus, I can see special tests getting developed which determine the ethical and cognitive maturity of the individual - if it is capable of understanding the rights and duties expected of full citizens. If these tests are passed, the citizen will be considered a full legal adult early. If not (or if it chooses not take these tests), it will be declared a legal adult at the "usual" age of maturity (such as the age of 18 in Germany). But if SAIs and bioroids can take those tests, then there is no reason why "normal" humans shouldn't be able to take them either. After all, thanks to genetic upgrades and much better education, people do grow up faster in many ways...
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05-31-2010, 02:16 PM | #45 | |
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(I consider that a good thing, but I'm sure many people wouldn't.) |
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05-31-2010, 05:30 PM | #46 | |
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I doubt anything will come of it, but who knows in 100 years. |
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05-31-2010, 07:01 PM | #47 | |
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(Vinge's Fast Times at Fairmont High seems appropriate to bring up here) |
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05-31-2010, 10:25 PM | #48 | ||
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06-01-2010, 10:23 PM | #49 |
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Re: Why Germany Matters
It's a problem which doesn't need to be solved in most cases, since it doesn't matter how a person gets to be competent, so long as they are. Net access is available in the workplace, and if it's adequate professionally there's no good reason not to accept it as adequate in exams.
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06-02-2010, 03:06 AM | #50 | |
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