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I'm literally a thinking lump of fat (mander.xyz)

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[–] solsangraal 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

people don't like this idea because if that's all we are, then who is anyone to say that the inevitable equivalent man-made lump of fat with electrical activity isn't entitled to all the same rights and status that we are

also jeebus doesn't want you to think you can't go on getting punished even after you're dead

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

honestly I never got this. Same with the simulation thing. What's it matter if we're in a simulation or all I ever do is the result of some salty fat firing off neurons? I mean what am I going to do about that?

[–] solsangraal 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

people used to get burnt at the stake for this shit. and dont' forget how butthurt people got over the suggestion that --gasp-- the earth isn't the center of the universe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm aware it's controversial, I just genuinely do not get why you would care.

[–] solsangraal 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

because when you have deeply entrenched religious indoctrination, ideas about the world, life, and reality that don't mesh with your "god" are literally personal attacks on your very identity.

some people care about this shit more than they care about anything else. you should get rid of the assumption that things need to make sense to these people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you should get rid of the assumption that things need to make sense to these people

trust me I don't but especially if I pick up the simulation thing that also seems to concern a lot of people who aren't religious. I mean I get the religious people, it's in direct affront to the axioms you structure your entire shit around. That makes sense to me, even if I don't share the axioms.

[–] solsangraal 3 points 6 days ago

the simulation thing implies we don't have "free will" or that we don't have control over our life (which we don't anyway), and that scares people half to death. so, classic denial