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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7961786" data-attributes="member: 6906155">Everything has whatever value people are willing to assign to it.Quite possibly. But then, they wouldn't have been human.Quite. Apart from the &quot;unanswered&quot; part - you answered it yourself -&nbsp; &quot;to do so would be horrifying.&quot;That's because philosophers overthink the problem. Anyway, if they solved it, they would put themselves out of work.Yes we do. Which Terry Pratchett addresses very well in the book I quoted (Hogfather). As for you being &quot;uncomfortable&quot; with it - get over yourself, you said yourself, it's necessary. Comfort is a luxury most of us can't afford.Fortunately, it aint up to you. I'm sure people quake in their boots when you tell them their government aint &quot;legitimate&quot; in your eyes.OBVIOUSLY not.The Internet would crumble. It's based on the fundamental principle that people can earn money (which they need to by food, which they need to be not dead) by selling ideas. Take away ownership, and you take way the ability for people to turn ideas into food, which means they will be too busy growing vegetables to put ideas on the internet, or maintain the infrastructure which the Internet requires to function.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 7961786, member: 6906155"] Everything has whatever value people are willing to assign to it. Quite possibly. But then, they wouldn't have been human. Quite. Apart from the "unanswered" part - you answered it yourself - "to do so would be horrifying." That's because philosophers overthink the problem. Anyway, if they solved it, they would put themselves out of work. Yes we do. Which Terry Pratchett addresses very well in the book I quoted (Hogfather). As for you being "uncomfortable" with it - get over yourself, you said yourself, it's necessary. Comfort is a luxury most of us can't afford. Fortunately, it aint up to you. I'm sure people quake in their boots when you tell them their government aint "legitimate" in your eyes. OBVIOUSLY not. The [I]Internet [/I]would crumble. It's based on the fundamental principle that people can earn money (which they need to by food, which they need to be not dead) by selling ideas. Take away ownership, and you take way the ability for people to turn ideas into food, which means they will be too busy growing vegetables to put ideas on the internet, or maintain the infrastructure which the Internet requires to function. [/QUOTE]

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