Do we have any examples of humans successfully navigating an ontological crisis?
I bet a number of LW regulars have done so. I commented earlier (and rather too often) of how my ontology shifted from realism to instrumentalism after the standard definitions of terms “reality” and “existence” proved unsatisfactory for me. Certainly being exposed to the stuff discussed on this forum ought to have had a profound impact at least on some others, as well.
Hmm, shifting from realism to instrumentalism may or may not count as an ontological crisis for my purposes. The key question is, did you change the domain of your utility function? If so, from what to what, and how did you obtain your new utility function?
BTW, my standard advice for “wrote too many comments on some topic” is “write a post about it and then you can just link to the post”.
I bet a number of LW regulars have done so. I commented earlier (and rather too often) of how my ontology shifted from realism to instrumentalism after the standard definitions of terms “reality” and “existence” proved unsatisfactory for me. Certainly being exposed to the stuff discussed on this forum ought to have had a profound impact at least on some others, as well.
Hmm, shifting from realism to instrumentalism may or may not count as an ontological crisis for my purposes. The key question is, did you change the domain of your utility function? If so, from what to what, and how did you obtain your new utility function?
BTW, my standard advice for “wrote too many comments on some topic” is “write a post about it and then you can just link to the post”.