Open-ended Q: Why do people subscribe to ideologies? E.g., Objectivism, communism, Mormonism, transhumanism, social justice-ism...
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Some answers in http://meaningness.com/eternalism-appeal … and its child pages. (Not the only ones, of course! I don’t discuss tribalism, e.g.)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness Thanks. Do you think eternalism makes sense for individual brains (i.e. without a social/tribal context)?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler There aren’t any human brains without a social/tribal context!1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness Touché :). How widely appreciated do you suppose that is?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Basically no one in the STEM/analytic world seems to get the implications; it’s obvious to everyone in soc sci/Continental Φ2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness Haha, yeah, you can count me in with the clueless STEM folks. "Meaning" doesn't yet have any reality for me =/.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Is this helpful at all? http://meaningness.com/meaningfulness-and-meaninglessness …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness Maybe. Is meaningfulness the relevance of some event for your personal (and group) narratives?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@KevinSimler Maybe :-) Not sure what that means; I don’t think about narrative a lot
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness Me neither :P. Anyway off to dinner; will pick this up another time.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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