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>> No.22090996

>>22090984
qrd

>> No.22091028

>>22090984
Bro this world is a fucking simulation. There is no way I read a book on this guy and then there is a thread talking about him for the first time in probably years.

This kind of bullshit happens way too often to be a coincidence.

That said I do find Parfit's Selector argument to be intriguing.

>> No.22091046

>>22091028
The one by David Edmonds? I haven't gotten around to it yet and if I'm honest with myself probably never will. First of all: Frequency illusion. Secondly, it's not a coincidence. There are powerful forces moving in the world and even though he's dead, Parfit's influence is still around. Not magic, just being vague.

>> No.22091061

>>22091046
Yeah. David Edmonds.

>> No.22091066

>>22091028
Skimming, how is selector theory different from tegmark 4? Just offering a layered mechanism?
I mostly just chalk these things up to obersever selection bias and call it a day.

>> No.22091103

>>22091046
>There are powerful forces moving in the world and even though he's dead, Parfit's influence is still around. Not magic, just being vague.
go on...

>> No.22091140

>>22091103
Peter Singer too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTUrwO9-B_I

>> No.22091186

>>22090984
like many famous autists, he directed enormous labours towards futile and retarded efforts, since ethics isn't real and never will be real. he definitely had a couple of good ideas in there somewhere though, and I think we're still picking them out

>> No.22091361

>>22091186
Name 5 famous autists

>> No.22091429

>>22091361
Cavendish, Newton, Tesla, Dirac, Joyce. I get that it doesn’t serve your rhetorical position, but a quick google would have supplied a list.