Rational_Brony comments on George Orwell's Prelude on Politics Is The Mind Killer - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 April 2012 03:55:38PM *  0 points [-]

But this would completely change our public discussions on morality, far more than the transition from a very religious to a secular society. It would also shatter our shared historical narrative of moral progress.

Ohmygosh, another paradigm shift. How could we possibly cope? It's not like we've had many of those throughout history...

Comment author: [deleted] 03 April 2012 05:38:10PM *  4 points [-]

Ohmygosh, another paradigm shift. How could we possibly cope? It's not like we've had many of those throughout history...

Getting excited over possible paradigm shifts is too passée for the cool kids now? Dammit, I guess I'm a square after all.

To be serious though, what I was getting at is that there are very popular and powerful ideological groups that would work against any such interpretation.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 April 2012 05:55:33PM 1 point [-]