CCC comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong

51 Post author: ChrisHallquist 01 March 2014 08:52AM

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Comment author: CCC 05 March 2014 04:21:02AM 2 points [-]

Reality stops being emotionally neutral when it affects me directly. If I were to wake up to find that my bed has been moved to a hovering platform over a volcano, then I will most assuredly not be emotionally neutral about the discovery (I expect I would experience shock, terror, and lots and lots of confusion).

I'm itching to ask you some questions about your position

Well, I'd be quite willing to answer them. Maybe you could open up a new thread in Discussion, and link to it from here?