Kazuo_Thow comments on Rationality quotes: September 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kazuo_Thow 01 September 2010 10:55:52PM *  3 points [-]

... the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins ...

Eh... "inevitably" is one of those words that takes a very high degree of confidence to use correctly - a degree of confidence we really don't have with current cosmology, if the simulation hypothesis is true.

(By the way, here's the quote from last month's thread which Apprentice was repurposing.)

Comment author: arch1 01 September 2010 11:45:39PM 2 points [-]

Kazuo, I agree; given our current knowledge that quote is open to criticism on several points of fact (most obviously its focus on the solar system rather than whatever passes for the universe these days). That's why I said I admire it mainly for its courage and style.