if we are just chemical reactions writ in meatspace, then where's the room for "ethical considerations" except as performative nod to the illusory problem of pain and death?
/speaking sarcastically about hard materialism, of which I am simultaneously a critic but also recommend to be the universal null hypothesis
That is quite the statement, sarcasm aside. I guess I need to read more on hard materialism. These sound like folks you probably don’t want to chat with at a dinner party.