Benatar is a dunce cap in disguise
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Replying to @0x49fa98 @chaosprime
why? because of the argument or because his preferred method of execution is laughably unrealistic? if that latter I agree but interested if someone's got a critique of the argument
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Replying to @HarknessLocrian @chaosprime
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The argument is self-refuting because anyone who falls for it fails to persist their lineage. In an atheist universe the only true morality is that which continues to exist. The logic is fine, the underlying assumptions are moronic.https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1148681898043965440 …
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Replying to @0x49fa98 @chaosprime
hmm, see that more as a problem of practical enactment. for example, if he were to get ahold of some T1000s and exterminate the human race he would probably be right to do so. but of course that doesn't contradict what you said about the only morality = that which keeps existing
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Replying to @HarknessLocrian @chaosprime
He wouldn’t be right by definition because his premises are faulty
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Replying to @0x49fa98 @chaosprime
don't understand what you mean, sorry. also if he succeeds, or if someone convinced by him succeeds, isn't he right by the only morality in an atheist universe?
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Replying to @HarknessLocrian @chaosprime
No, because he (and everyone else) ceased to exist. If the claim is might makes right then the first and most critical criteria for being mighty is existing
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Replying to @0x49fa98 @chaosprime
the claim is that it's better never to have been. so making that a reality is succeeding/fulfilling the claim. it's success if it's actually accomplished, rather than just removing people susceptible to the argument from the gene pool.
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Replying to @HarknessLocrian @chaosprime
Right and it’s a fucking idiotic claim because it’s built on a morality that thinks pain and pleasure are more important than existence/oblivion
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Replying to @0x49fa98 @chaosprime
ok still not convinced we shouldn't try to bring about nuclear armageddon but whatever
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it has some selling points but one is forced to doubt that it would be as aesthetic as its marketing materials portray it
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