@St_Rev and now that you know why it seemed right, you can tell a coherent story of how you got from there to here
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@St_Rev got the phrase "self-effacing telos" rattling around in my brain now, curious if it points to a concept worth exploring2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing eg freedom vs determinism. any *sufficiently hard* determinism is self-effacing: it leaves the world exactly as is.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc@St_Rev oooh I wonder if this connects with parfit's self-defeating ethics examples1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev idk, probably. Parfit is definitely my favorite utilitarian, tho', if for complex reasons1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev his readiness to impale himself on both horns of a dilemma at once is a hidden virtue, imo1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc that's a great way to put it haha - yeah his style of thinking is alien in a good way1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing esp his willingness to follow a contradiction all the way through & fall out the other end of it, to great effect1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sarahdoingthing "intra-personal relations aren't different in kind from inter-personal relations" is one I got huge personal benefit from1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing having the kind of neurological wiring that already makes illusions of unitary self unsustainable anyway1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@schakalsynthetc lucky, I really had to work to understand self illusions
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@sarahdoingthing oh, I still had to work to get rid of them, it's more just that the impetus to do the work was an organic given1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@sarahdoingthing the culturally imposed imperative to acquire and preserve a sense of unity was kind of killing me, almost literally1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes - 9 more replies
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