You’d be surprised. There are plenty of people who refuse to assign a value on life, feeling that doing so would somehow diminish a life’s importance, or be immoral. (This type of person seems to be overrepresented in the humanities...)
Well, it also seems like a no-brainer to me the Breatharianism is insane, but I know people certainly subscribe to it. What I meant by that was more that it seems well-established among LessWrong readers.
At least the seasoned Less Wrong readers. But we should never write our posts only to the established audience—newcomers to the site should also find something of value.
You’d be surprised. There are plenty of people who refuse to assign a value on life, feeling that doing so would somehow diminish a life’s importance, or be immoral. (This type of person seems to be overrepresented in the humanities...)
Well, it also seems like a no-brainer to me the Breatharianism is insane, but I know people certainly subscribe to it. What I meant by that was more that it seems well-established among LessWrong readers.
At least the seasoned Less Wrong readers. But we should never write our posts only to the established audience—newcomers to the site should also find something of value.