In 1379 in Burgundy, France, a herd of pigs was tried by an alien intelligence for the trampling of one of their children; three were executed, the rest pardoned[1]. In 2025 1.48 billionpigs[2] were industrially asphyxiated in gas chambers for meat by that same intelligence. We do not know what it means to share a world with a mind that outscales our own, but we are building the courtroom anyway.
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In 1379 in Burgundy, France, a herd of pigs was tried by an alien intelligence for the trampling of one of their children; three were executed, the rest pardoned[1]. In 2025 1.48 billion pigs[2] were industrially asphyxiated in gas chambers for meat by that same intelligence. We do not know what it means to share a world with a mind that outscales our own, but we are building the courtroom anyway.