TheOtherDave comments on How to not be a fatalist? Need help from people who care about true beliefs. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 12 December 2013 05:38:53PM 0 points [-]

Would you mind unpacking what you understand "fatalism" to describe here?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 13 December 2013 09:48:49AM *  0 points [-]

To keep things simple, I was taking it to mean soemthing likefuture events occuring with probability 1. In fact, it is a rather ticker concept, that can inlude the idea that future evnts are inevitabe even if not causally determined, and the idea of acquiescing psychologically to the future.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 13 December 2013 03:49:31PM 0 points [-]

OK; thanks for clarifying.