I’m afraid your concerns have already been covered. That doesn’t mean they’re not legitimate. Quite the opposite, in fact. The answer to your initial question, “Do we have it too easy?” is yes. But the answer to your closing question, “is this content appropriate for a ‘Main’ post?” is no.
It’s not so simple as “take everything with a grain of salt.” Even though that in itself is monumentally difficult, it’s not enough. The universe is not calibrated to our skill set. Rationality is impossible.
As well as No Safe Defense, acknowledge that striving to live by your own strength is a good goal. However, by my own strength I would be at approximately the level of the proto-hominids in the beginning of 2001: A Space Oddyssey; so I’ll cheat where I can until I have more time to devote to recreating rationality, the iPhone, and belgian waffles from scratch.
Have you read No Safe Defense, Not Even Science?
I’m afraid your concerns have already been covered. That doesn’t mean they’re not legitimate. Quite the opposite, in fact. The answer to your initial question, “Do we have it too easy?” is yes. But the answer to your closing question, “is this content appropriate for a ‘Main’ post?” is no.
It’s not so simple as “take everything with a grain of salt.” Even though that in itself is monumentally difficult, it’s not enough. The universe is not calibrated to our skill set. Rationality is impossible.
(I bet you figured out what comes next.)
Now shut up and do the impossible.
(If it matters that much to you.)
As well as No Safe Defense, acknowledge that striving to live by your own strength is a good goal. However, by my own strength I would be at approximately the level of the proto-hominids in the beginning of 2001: A Space Oddyssey; so I’ll cheat where I can until I have more time to devote to recreating rationality, the iPhone, and belgian waffles from scratch.
Yes, I saw it coming. :) Thanks! It does matter to me.