On 21 Oct 2015, at 00:59, Brent Meeker wrote:
A strange, and sad, case. But Facilitated Communication would seem
to be a corollary of Bruno's idea that conscious persons are "out
there" in platonia and just need the proper physics in order to
interact with us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/magazine/the-strange-case-of-anna-stubblefield.html?_r=0
It vindicates also the idea that nobody is stupid. Some have just have
communication problem, when it is not the listener who is the one with
the reception problem.
That's a very beautiful paper Brent. I like how it illustrates many
difficulties, notably the principle of less dangerous consequence (to
bet that something/someone is conscious is less dangerous than to bet
it is not, as their falsities leads to different harms. But in the
case of someone disabled, it can be dangerous for the one applying it.
It can make you suspect of felony and send you in jail.
Very sad story, but it is hard to condemn the judge, as such abuse
exists, and the "facilitated communication", even if genuine in some
cases, might not be in every case, so there are no simple way to
resolve the case, and it will be the judge's personal conviction which
should prevail, I guess.
In this case, if the account is correct, I would side with Anna and
D.J, though. She is sent to jail, which is sad enough, but D.J. is
sent back into being considered as a vegetable, which is sad and a bit
frightening.
Bruno
Brent Meeker
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