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David Ellis
@d5e5
I agree with para 2 but not 1. You don't agree that absence of suffering is good? Or that not having a child doesn't deprive the child you might have had of anything? #antinatalism
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antoine sugar
@joedan346
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The asymmetry argument is fallacious. You cant compare something to nothing. It's hard to kill yourself because the body is millions of years old & has a built-in genetic predisposition to survive.
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antoine sugar
@joedan346
The asymmetry argument compares (X exists) to (X never exists). It's impossible to compare that which exists to that which never exists. The non-existent has no attributes. It cannot even be conceived.
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David Ellis
@d5e5
Comparing two states of the world, one in which X exists vs one in which X never existed, doesn't require comparing an existing person with a non-existent one.
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