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Your early afternoon tryst in another galaxy.pic.twitter.com/bnnz2uSphL
Yes, the problem with the "cosmic perspective" thought experiment is the it evokes social disconnection, lost/lonely feeling.
Yes… cf also “the universe is cold and dark and doesn’t care about us.”
I’m thinking that this whole thing is very like the manipulative NLP trick of getting the victim to imaginatively put themself >
> in a “frame” that benefits the hypnotist, not the victim, and compels feelings and actions they wouldn’t otherwise take.
It’s a system of non-rational perceptual and emotional metaphors that leads you to a conclusion (“ultimate meaning or none”) that>
nihilism and eternalism both want to promote.
There was a famous American “Buddhist” guru who offered weekend seminars that guaranteed “Enlightenment” for $50,000.
He did exactly this “look at your life from another galaxy” thing, got people into a state of disorienting meaninglessness-belief,
Ick. Poss one benefit of philosophy education is that you get exposed to this stuff in a low stakes setting.
Yeah. I’m old enough to have seen all the bad ideas. They come around again every generation when there’s new suckers.
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