loqi comments on Religion, Mystery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: loqi 15 May 2009 02:25:06AM 1 point [-]

Of course, including the food example alienates those who don't enjoy it, and using David as an exemplar of beauty alienates... me?

Comment author: alvarojabril 15 May 2009 01:59:55PM 0 points [-]

This actually gets to something interesting...perhaps there are some objects of beauty we could agree on...the sun, the human form, etc...but these things are so primeval that their beauty is continually contextually mediated by "truth" (the thrill of science, EY's space expansion) or "lies" (religion et al.).