Meta-level point: It is possible to steel-man someone’s position into an argument that they would not actually endorse. I think that might be what you are doing here.
Rationality challenge: Understand why I posted it here.
I’m trying to be more whimsical in my posting on LW, but I’m not sure that “rationality,” “optimization,” or any other special virtue in this community is advanced by this provocative post or its religious-language framing.
Meta-level point: It is possible to steel-man someone’s position into an argument that they would not actually endorse. I think that might be what you are doing here.
I’m trying to be more whimsical in my posting on LW, but I’m not sure that “rationality,” “optimization,” or any other special virtue in this community is advanced by this provocative post or its religious-language framing.