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BrotherNihil comments on Yet more "stupid" questions - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: NancyLebovitz 28 August 2013 03:58PM

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Comment author: BrotherNihil 28 August 2013 11:06:46PM 3 points [-]

Where do you get this strange idea that a nihilist must be gloomy or dress in black?

Comment author: fubarobfusco 29 August 2013 03:11:08AM 6 points [-]

It's a snarky way of asking — Okay, even if nihilism were true, how could that motivate us to behave any differently from how we are already inclined to behave?

Comment author: DanielLC 30 August 2013 02:00:10AM 0 points [-]

It is a snarky way of asking that very question.