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DanArmak comments on Discussion of Slate Star Codex: "Extremism in Thought Experiments is No Vice" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 27 April 2015 05:25:02PM 0 points [-]

wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?

Many religious traditions believe just this. Bad things are punishments from God. When bad things (with no human cause) happen to someone, that proves they sinned.