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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The false dichotomy between "material/biology/physics-based" and "metaphysical i.e. fake" is everywhere in everything lesswrong outputs yet it never fails to annoy me. Sometimes I wish I could take these people aside and bully some sense into them, but due to their nazi leanings maybe being selfdestructively wrong and stupid is a fitting punishment.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    you would almost think these people were doing philosophy while deliberately learning fuck all about it

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They skim read some utilitarianism, which is a limited school of thought (if it has any value at all), and jumped straight to "fuck yes! This is everything!"

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ties big yud and scott up in her basement, forces them to go through the critique of pure reason giving them a werther's every time they manage to genuinely engage with the ideas

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