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27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 March 2008 04:18AM

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Comment author: anon12 26 March 2008 10:09:03PM 0 points [-]

"There are atheists who have religion-shaped holes in their minds. I have seen attempts to substitute atheism or even transhumanism for religion. And the result is invariably awful. Utterly awful. Absolutely abjectly awful."

Eliezer,

Don't you're early writings, i.e. "Meaning of Life FAQs", exhibit this tendency? Aren't they such attempts? I just want to know how much your views have changed since then. Your site states those writings are out of date, but I am still curious.

Thanks.