Psychohistorian: Insightful, as always, but this seems like it may have the esoteric value of some knowledge the wrong way around. There are certain questions, like “What is the meaning of life?” that science cannot answer the way people want to hear (as, “that questions is incoherent and pointless” is rarely viewed as satisfactory, regardless of its accuracy).
I don’t think that’s the answer science gives, at least, not the complete answer. This would be an excellent example of “wrong questions” that Eliezer Yudkowsky discussed before (note: he linked this despite it not containing the solution to qualia suggested in the anchor text) and an excellent opportunity to right the wrong question.
“What is the meaning of life?”; rephrase as your confusion--> “Why do I want to know the meaning of life?”; taboo “meaning of” --> “Why do I want to know what signficance life has beyond what I can observe?” and so on.
Dismissing the first question should not be the end of it.
Psychohistorian: Insightful, as always, but this seems like it may have the esoteric value of some knowledge the wrong way around. There are certain questions, like “What is the meaning of life?” that science cannot answer the way people want to hear (as, “that questions is incoherent and pointless” is rarely viewed as satisfactory, regardless of its accuracy).
I don’t think that’s the answer science gives, at least, not the complete answer. This would be an excellent example of “wrong questions” that Eliezer Yudkowsky discussed before (note: he linked this despite it not containing the solution to qualia suggested in the anchor text) and an excellent opportunity to right the wrong question.
“What is the meaning of life?”; rephrase as your confusion--> “Why do I want to know the meaning of life?”; taboo “meaning of” --> “Why do I want to know what signficance life has beyond what I can observe?” and so on.
Dismissing the first question should not be the end of it.