whpearson comments on Existential Angst Factory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 28 December 2009 12:02:30AM 7 points [-]

And this is exactly where I'm at right now in physical materialism / atheism.

I've understood since I arrived here on Less Wrong that you guys have some immunity to nihilism. However, I can't find it. What is it??

(A link would be appreciated if this has been discussed before.)

Comment author: whpearson 28 December 2009 12:15:49AM 0 points [-]

For myself, I understand the following. Humans have a sense of things we should or shouldn't do, that has evolved over time. It exists in our brains. It doesn't really need to be named or explicitly spelt out.

When I look inside myself for what should be done it is this evolved sense that I am drawing upon.