Well, I already think the universe and human existence is literally pointless because we just happened. Nothing you do has an intrinsic point and you are going to die[*]. (Also, this is intrinsically hilarious.)
So I expect I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing, which is trying to work out what I actually want. This is a question that has lasted me quite a few years so far.
So far I haven’t lapsed into nihilist catatonia or killed everyone or destroyed the economy. This suggests that assuming a morality is not a requirement for not behaving like a sociopath. I have friends and it pleases me to be nice to them and I have a lovely girlfriend and a lovely three year old daughter who I spend most of my life’s efforts on trying to bring up and on the prerequisites to that.
Mind you, reading LW is leaving me wondering if consciousness exists in countable units, if consciousness exists and if I exist. Which sounds like Moore’s Paradox, but most people lead remarkably predictable lives, including me. If my mind actually did a whole lot, I think I’d expect more manifestation of it.
Well, I already think the universe and human existence is literally pointless because we just happened. Nothing you do has an intrinsic point and you are going to die[*]. (Also, this is intrinsically hilarious.)
So I expect I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing, which is trying to work out what I actually want. This is a question that has lasted me quite a few years so far.
So far I haven’t lapsed into nihilist catatonia or killed everyone or destroyed the economy. This suggests that assuming a morality is not a requirement for not behaving like a sociopath. I have friends and it pleases me to be nice to them and I have a lovely girlfriend and a lovely three year old daughter who I spend most of my life’s efforts on trying to bring up and on the prerequisites to that.
Mind you, reading LW is leaving me wondering if consciousness exists in countable units, if consciousness exists and if I exist. Which sounds like Moore’s Paradox, but most people lead remarkably predictable lives, including me. If my mind actually did a whole lot, I think I’d expect more manifestation of it.
[*] Probably.