I’d thought of that myself a few days ago. It seems like something that we’d experience selection bias against encountering here.
I would expect to see nihilist atheists overrepresented here—one of the principles of rationality is believing even when your emotions oppose it.
I’m not surprised to encounter people here who find nihlism comfortable, or at least tolerable, for that reason. People who find it disabling—who can’t care without believing that there’s an external reason to care—not so much.
I’d thought of that myself a few days ago. It seems like something that we’d experience selection bias against encountering here.
I would expect to see nihilist atheists overrepresented here—one of the principles of rationality is believing even when your emotions oppose it.
I’m not surprised to encounter people here who find nihlism comfortable, or at least tolerable, for that reason. People who find it disabling—who can’t care without believing that there’s an external reason to care—not so much.