@Meaningness I read your piece on specialness (and saw you intend to write an expanded version. Hopefully maybe soon?
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Seems important + counter-intuitive :o
Why is it 'specialness is a broken concept' instead of 'everyone is special'?
Can you make your own 'cosmic plan'?
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So a meta explanation first, addressing possible confusions… this is not “ordinary language philosophy” so it’s not analyzing how people use the word “special” (although that may be helpful). It’s pointing at a “stance” meaning a complex of thoughts, feelings, and ways of acting
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The particular stance this “special” wants to point at is something like “chosen by Destiny,” although not always *quite* so grandiose as that phrase.
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