What if there are some benign and non-parasitic god software which gives the installers some form of “basic life” package, which may have instructions for being a productive member of the hive society and creates a sense of well being, which in turn helps the hive grow well.https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1048825913180340224 …
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Religion traps most people in a local minima, if you can generate momentum to get out of it, you may encounter other local minimas along the way down.
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You can also eliminate the dimension of meaning that anchors you in ideological attractors. Using meditation, you can even do that temporarily and compare perspectives.
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In that case, truth has no meaning in my life either. As a human being, I will optimize a set of fitness functions that maximize my chances of survival and reproduction. An ultimate form of optimization would be to create something like religion/god.
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I agree that serving truth terminally may doom you. But not doing it instrumentally will probably doom you, too.
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