Apparently anti-natalism is becoming more popular in moral philsophy (i.e. utilitarian) circles. Reminds me why I never read moral philosophy.https://quillette.com/2018/12/22/the-anti-natalist-paradox/ …
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That may be because the explantions that deal with psychology are fairly shoddy, wouldn't you agree? That level of emergent
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I would recommend it as a book about science and epistemology and, therefore, relevant in any conversation re: morality. This might, as an added benefit, help someone solving problems in the field of psychology, but it’s not a book that much cares about that subject in particular
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What do you object to, specifically? Is it that a human mind is a universal computer, universal in its ability to create open-ended explanatory knowledge, to anticipate and criticise its own computations - such that inborn ideas can be rendered irrelevant? Or something else?
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@sapinker and@SamHarrisOrg cite Beginning of Infinity as one of their most highly recommended books. That's a very useful heuristic indeed. You should take his ideas seriously and read the books.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Reality doesn't lend itself to explanations that are not easily varied - hence they are subject to all kinds of shenanigans, no?
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The reality of psychological entities ( sorry).
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Which measures of subjective well-being were you referring to above?
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