antigonus comments on A Rationalist's Tale - Less Wrong

82 Post author: lukeprog 28 September 2011 01:17AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 30 September 2011 06:31:11AM 1 point [-]

I've got the impending doom but I don't bother with the 'plagued' bit. Why on earth should lack of incomprehension oblige me to experience negative emotion or adverse psychological states? That makes no sense.

Comment author: antigonus 30 September 2011 02:28:03PM *  1 point [-]

I imagine because the thing you've successfully comprehended could be very, very bad. Not sure if that "obliges" you to feel anything (or if anything ever obliges anyone to feel anything), but if you're actually wondering what the thought process is...