The replies to this nonsense: "Positive people are wilfully ignorant" Meanwhile every indicator of human well being continues to improve.https://twitter.com/amazingatheist/status/902088461254930432 …
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @SlagOffTwits
'It is the knowledge we're going to die that brings urgency to life, to the present.' https://youtu.be/Ndj5KjKyr3E
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Replying to @CarnunMP @SlagOffTwits
Yeah, but it also means that all optimism is ultimately a delusion.
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The redemption comes from the fact that delusions are often good fun.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @SlagOffTwits
I disagree. Why is necessarily a delusion?
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Replying to @CarnunMP @SlagOffTwits
Optimism is based on assumption that things will work out. Ultimately, things won't work out.
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Of course, it's possible to be optimistic about things in the short term. Which is why I said 'ultimately'
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We distract ourselves from death by being optimistic about the short term
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @SlagOffTwits
Again, I disagree. My 'optimism' is simply a position on the inevitable (given the right epistemic _culture_) growth of knowledge.
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Interesting. However, you are a rarity. Majority of people care most about themselves and their children, all of which will die out.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @SlagOffTwits
I accept that I am. Not too long ago, I was squarely in the majority. But David Deutsch's 'The Beginning of Infinity' changed my mind.
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It's a wonderful book: some of the best philosophy I have read in a long time, and all in service of a decidedly _optimistic_ worldview. :)
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