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> That's one hell of a statement for a place like LessWrong. Not that I hang out a lot at LessWrong, but it seems like a place for philosophy (and more), from
by diggan 2y ago
> That's one hell of a statement for a place like LessWrong.
Not that I hang out a lot at LessWrong, but it seems like a place for philosophy (and more), from an outsider perspective at least. And nihilism certainly is a perspective some hold within philosophy, so it seems like exactly the right place for a statement like that?
- Vecr 2y agoNihilism is a terminology debate. Running the planet into the sun because the pianos are out of tune is a physics-based policy proposal. You want your civilization to gracefully degrade as it loses value, rationally shedding components that become untenable. It's likely that at least one person's going to have value up to the very end as your civilization loses resources but still remains rational, something that can't be said if it went into the sun hundreds of years ago.