byrnema comments on The Wannabe Rational - Less Wrong

31 Post author: MrHen 15 January 2010 08:09PM

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Comment author: byrnema 17 January 2010 07:21:17PM *  1 point [-]

Substitute "meaning" for "God", then.

Good. Your comments above now make good sense to me.

The problem is trying to fit everything into a "larger objective"

That's my problem. Maybe it's a problem common to many theists too. Any cures? And is this problem a hardware problem or a logic problem?

Comment author: Vive-ut-Vivas 17 January 2010 08:15:14PM 3 points [-]

If I had the catch-all cure to existential angst, I wouldn't be parroting it on here, I'd be trying to sell it for millions!

Maybe you could call it a hardware problem, since I'd liken it to a virus. You've been corrupted to look for a problem when there isn't one, and you know there isn't one, but you just don't feel emotionally satisfied (correct me if I'm wrong here). I don't have an answer for that. I would suspect that the more you distance yourself from these kinds of views (that the universe must have "meaning" and all that), the question just stops being even relevant. I think the problem just involves breaking a habit.

Comment author: wedrifid 17 January 2010 10:40:40PM 4 points [-]

If I had the catch-all cure to existential angst, I wouldn't be parroting it on here, I'd be trying to sell it for millions!

Then Robin would have a field day explaining why people did not actually buy it, despite the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.