JulianMorrison comments on Raising the Sanity Waterline - Less Wrong

112 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 March 2009 04:28AM

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Comment author: steven0461 12 March 2009 04:57:04PM *  8 points [-]

I question whether awe and wonder about this giant mostly-unstructured human-hostile death trap we call a universe is an appropriate emotion for a rationalist. Morbid fascination, maybe -- Lovecraft and Teller, not Sagan.

Comment author: JulianMorrison 12 March 2009 05:10:23PM 3 points [-]

"Wonder" is the emotion that smells a bit off to me. Can you feel that if you are not enamored of mysterious answers?

Comment author: Johnicholas 12 March 2009 07:00:16PM 3 points [-]

Yes. See Sense of Wonder for examples.