we have this weird cultural meme that human life begins at birth even though as far as i know nobody really actually thinks that it does
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@VesselOfSpirit insincerely believed but socially defended moral Schelling points? -
@sarahdoingthing things that we all know are false but that we casually assume are true when not thinking about the specific issue -
@sarahdoingthing and not just technically false like "space is flat", but pretty substantially false -
@sarahdoingthing i.e. i don't mean just when we make approximations for convenience, but more like when we have two parallel beliefs -
@sarahdoingthing one belief for when we're talking about the thing, another belief for when we're talking about other things -
@sarahdoingthing i believe that human life begins at birth when i'm not thinking about when human life begins. i'm not just saying it -
@VesselOfSpirit I bet there are a ton but the only one that keeps coming to mind is David Benatar's asymmetry (not sure if you're familiar) -
@VesselOfSpirit people act as though it's better to avoid harming others than to benefit others without permission except wrt creating life - 12 more replies
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@VesselOfSpirit what things *aren't* -
@admittedlyhuman people believe water freezes when it's cold, whether or not they are thinking about whether water freezes when it's cold -
@VesselOfSpirit you've restored my faith in humanity
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@InstantOfTime you mean the idea that there are sharp boundaries between seasons? -
@VesselOfSpirit that changes of weather and temperature are aligned with solstices/equinoxes and can be parted into four categories
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