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I imagine that if one would thoroughly internalize the belief that we're driven by purely rational, mechanistic forces, diving head-first into irrationality in
by pegasus 11y ago
I imagine that if one would thoroughly internalize the belief that we're driven by purely rational, mechanistic forces, diving head-first into irrationality in an attempt to search for (or somehow invent) freedom and meaning, would be the only rational thing to do.
His case is discussed in the BBC documentary series "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by Adam Curtis, which is very much worth seeing. It's wide-ranging and opinionated in a way that invites criticism, but always fascinating and I think a point of view worth considering, especially for technologists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace_%28TV_series%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of...
- eli_gottlieb 11y ago>I imagine that if one would thoroughly internalize the belief that we're driven by purely rational, mechanistic forces, diving head-first into irrationality in an attempt to search for (or somehow invent) freedom and meaning, would be the only rational thing to do. Nah. Compatibilist free will is entirely real, and meaning is more-or-less a built-in byproduct of living life. In fact, the most common reason people "lack meaning" is precisely because they're trying to be as "free" as possible by minimizing the attachments that make life meaningful.