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Jiang says nuclear energy counts as alchemy because it enters the most fundamental fabric of nature without knowing the consequences of the act.
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diagnosis
Jiang says Agamemnon's error was not merely oath-keeping but the refusal to think through the obvious human consequences, making Beatrice's lesson one of intelligent judgment rather than rigid obedience.
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Jay asks whether some historical truths may have consequences that outweigh publicizing them, especially when the issue is already socially dangerous.
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Jiang's Afghanistan example shows him weighing factual reporting against consequences: avian flu reporting could trigger policy responses that destroy chickens despite malnutrition being the larger problem.
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"...of nature of the universe, right? You don't actually know the consequences of your actions, right? Look, there are people who believe that the..."
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"If your daughter were killed by your husband, what would you do? You'd probably go kill the guy, okay? Clytemnestra plots this vengeance against..."
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"...not reveal the truth of this thing. You know, because the consequences of telling the truth, or us losing this myth are just too..."
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"...full of a ton of historical myths that are of no consequence, if I believe them or not. But there might be some that..."
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"Like, how important are these things? Do you think the consequences might outweigh you, I don't know, talking? Talking about a certain issue that..."
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"But I was in Afghanistan. And there are certain things about the United Nations that really disturbed me. So there's one instance, instance where..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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Paradise first appears as receptivity rather than rank, then the lecture widens into vows, memory, resurrection, original sin, and Jiang's culminating wager that God created humanity because perfection alone cannot imagine.
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Jay Shapiro does not let Jiang hide inside the viral avatar.
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