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Eugine_Nier comments on How to offend a rationalist (who hasn't thought about it yet): a life lesson - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 07 February 2013 03:35:13AM 3 points [-]

It depends on how inconsistent the axioms are in practice. If the contradictions are minor, before leveraging that contradiction to derive arbitrary results, the hu-man may die of old age.

Of course, if the belief system in questions becomes popular, one of his disciples may wind up doing this.