Eugine_Nier comments on Individuals angry with humanity as a possible existential risk? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 November 2010 07:43:18PM 1 point [-]

I'd also be worried about:

  • depressed microbiologists

  • religious fanatics who have too much trust that 'God will protect them' from their virus

  • Buddhists who loose their memetic immune system and start taking the 'material existence is inherently undesirable' aspect of their religion seriously, or for that mater a practitioner of an Abrahamic religion who takes the idea of heaven seriously.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 November 2010 09:45:58PM 3 points [-]

Buddhists don't seem to go bad that way. I'm not sure that "material existence is undesirable" is a fair description of the religion-- what people seem to conclude from meditation is that most of what they thought they were experiencing is an illusion.