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Manfred comments on Oh, mainstream philosophy. - Less Wrong Discussion

-8 Post author: Manfred 19 May 2012 08:30PM

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Comment author: Manfred 21 May 2012 09:57:02PM 0 points [-]

I take your use of the word "mysterious" to be referencing "Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions"

Hm, I guess it's a bit different. If it was like that, the question would be "why are living things special?" and the answer would be "they have elan vital." "Elan vital" being the mysterious answer to the mysterious question.

In Kagan's article, the question is "is death bad for me?" and the answer is "it's mysterious."

Comment author: Jack 21 May 2012 09:59:33PM 0 points [-]

Well if Kagan is wrong about it being mysterious, then I suppose it would be bad to give that answer. But simply writing an article saying something is mysterious is not at all bad in itself.

Comment author: Manfred 21 May 2012 10:17:37PM 0 points [-]

I agree.