But when I express this opinion, my sense is people overwhelmingly disagree. Like less than 1% of rationalists will agree with this.
Furthermore, many of them will think that this is absurd.
Like “if you come to the conclusion that the world is bad, and it would be better if it didn’t exist, or that humanity is bad, and it would be better if it didn’t exist, then that’s a reductio ad absurdum, and that means you must have made an error somewhere.”
Furthermore, many of them will think that this is absurd.
Like “if you come to the conclusion that the world is bad, and it would be better if it didn’t exist, or that humanity is bad, and it would be better if it didn’t exist, then that’s a reductio ad absurdum, and that means you must have made an error somewhere.”
(I don’t share this view.)