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No human or group of humans can have enough certainty about the future to make decisions for it now. Effectively it is such a ludicrous task to predict the futu
by baerrie 3y ago
No human or group of humans can have enough certainty about the future to make decisions for it now. Effectively it is such a ludicrous task to predict the future that it is akin to saying god told you so, rendering this belief system just as irrational as any other religion that tries to weigh in on matters on certainty
- imtringued 3y agoIt also has a moral to self perpetuation as longtermists will have to be around for the next trillion years. It's not a once and done thing. Converting longtermists to something else is like ending the future of humanity.