i enjoyed that
the first one is good.
I liked philosophy a lot more when i realized that it's not about having to choose and more about explaining why you can't...
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:18,
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Thinking about some of this too much hurts my brain
I am happy to accept that the meaning of life is 42 and just let that be an end to the matter. :)
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:20,
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but what if you had
42 people on a seesaw above sharks...
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:56,
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That's really not true
In thought experiments like that example the whole point is that you have to choose one of the courses of action presented to you. The fact that neither of them are particularly desirable doesn't have much to do with it.
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