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> as I care much more whether we can avoid the heat death in 500 million years than about what happens tomorrow. Isn't this just an egotistical mechanism that
by akira2501 3y ago
> as I care much more whether we can avoid the heat death in 500 million years than about what happens tomorrow.
Isn't this just an egotistical mechanism that allows the bearer to freely justify any means they please by the supposed loftiness of their stated ends?
- throwanem 3y agoIt has to be, considering anyone who took such a nonsense philosophy remotely seriously would not be so many orders of magnitude wrong about when heat death is expected to occur. 500My isn't even in the right order for solar expansion!
- gopher_space 3y agoYes. In Christianity it's pejoratively phrased as "Trust in God and do as you please".