ijcaatst

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   by ijcaatst 5y ago

   Ah, ok. So you are saying that we cannot know whether or not the first premise is true because the brain does not have full knowledge of its own beliefs. I would argue that this is irrelevant. We would only need to demonstrate one belief th
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   by ijcaatst 5y ago

   I appreciate your response and I actually agree with most of it. Let me address your points in order. >First, you seem to conflate being a billionaire with conspicuous spending or otherwise inefficient use of their capital. Once again th
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   by ijcaatst 5y ago

   As someone who thinks it's morally wrong to have billionaires in a society let me try to make an argument why I think so. If a person has a billion dollars it does not exist in a vacuum. It interacts heavily within the economy in which
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   by ijcaatst 5y ago

   Not sure I follow your logic. Watts is essentially using deductive reasoning: 1. The set of beliefs that are true are not equivalent to the set of beliefs that promote fitness 2. The brain is designed to promote fitness 3. The brain may hol