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The fear of death acts as a sort of master key for introductory rationality concepts. Examining the fear of death ties all the rationality basics together into a coherent framework, including:
Map/Territory Errors
Something To Protect
Keeping Your Identity Small
Atheism
X-Risk
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Small brain: Don’t think about death. Shining tomagraph: “After I die I’ll go to heaven because I’m a good person.” Expanding brain: “God isn’t real, I find it more comforting to think that this isn’t all a test.” Galaxy Brain: Practice dying.
“Memento Mori”, Said The Confessor
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The fear of death acts as a sort of master key for introductory rationality concepts. Examining the fear of death ties all the rationality basics together into a coherent framework, including:
Map/Territory Errors
Something To Protect
Keeping Your Identity Small
Atheism
X-Risk
Read more
Small brain: Don’t think about death.
Shining tomagraph: “After I die I’ll go to heaven because I’m a good person.”
Expanding brain: “God isn’t real, I find it more comforting to think that this isn’t all a test.”
Galaxy Brain: Practice dying.