Thomas Vellamo

Pessimist. Efilist. Vegan.

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I am not an antinatalist because my life is intolerable. I am an antinatalist because *all* sentient life is intolerable. #antinatalism

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@joedan346 Maybe. Some interpretations of quantum mechanics as applied to the human brain may have something to say about that. Determinism is one possibility for the way things work. But not the only one.

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@joedan346 Assuming a deterministic universe.

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@joedan346 You have not been ripped from the void. That is silliness.

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@joedan346 Your post implies that there is a “you” that has no control or ability to reason with your biological substrate. There is no such thing.

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I am perpetually perplexed by the fact that most humans cling to the idea that they live in a world that is, in some way, worth fighting for.

It really isn’t. Any world that contains sentient beings is a world that is indistinguishable from hell.

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@worldviewdesign So because it was “bored” it decided to create hate? Not a good look, I have to tell you.

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@brokebackUSA Get a grip.

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@SmaragdinaVisio Kingsley seems to have a very strange definition of ‘perfect’. Look around. Be honest.

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@Philip_Goff Conscious of what?

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@allengreenfield What?

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@ShriAdiShankara That is such nonsense that I have no idea where to begin.

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I just don’t care about humans. They are a strange bunch. They have such cognitive resource, and yet, en masse they speak and act in ways that disgust me. What went wrong?

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I spend my days trying to remain distracted from the facts of life. The pointless, sadistic, moronic facts of life. There are moments, between distractions, when the horror of existence begins to encroach. This is happening more and more.

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@obooks @BernardoKastrup Having read the piece I have no idea how the author thinks tarot works.

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@AnthonyLeeZhang Can you make a totally fair 7-sided die?

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@DanKellyFreedom So do all parts of the brain go towards creating the emergent brain? I’m guessing only some parts. Unfortunately science has failed to locate those parts. Maybe one day.

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@DanKellyFreedom Which part of the brain is part of the mind?

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@DanKellyFreedom In your redefinition of free will, could a brain tumour affect one’s free will? It’s certainly not external to the body. Whether it’s external to the mind depends on one’s definition of mind.

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@S_Catsgotmyback And may I ask; did you Google any of the claims being made against evolution?

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@S_Catsgotmyback Yes I get. I have a book by Behe. It’s nonsense. No different to flat-earthers.