I would like to state once again for the record that "Simulation Theory" is very literally just the Ontological Argument but put forth by people who think they're too smart to need to learn history or religion or religious philosophy.
My favourite thing in the world is introducing these types to Morrowind Deep Lore and watching them crack in real time from accidental exposure to theology.
The Elder Scrolls lore is so much better and more fulfilling than it has any right to be. If you told me that a bunch of philosophy and theology geeks would cleverly smuggle and entire curriculum's worth of teaching in to the backstory of a video game for Xbox I'd laugh at you.
Skooma is made from Moonsugar. Moonsugar is literally crystalized light from Tamriel's moons. Which the Khajitt occasionally visit by climbing up on each other's shoulders until they can reach the moon. This is at least as true as any other competing theory, like the theory that the Moons are the rotting body of a God after his heart was cut out and fired across the world.
Also, can you imagine the marketing department when they found out that Kirkbride et al put several hundred pages of magical philosophy in to an X-box game for 12-28 year old males>?!>!>!>!>&
I don't get the point of “Simulation Theory” (the internet one, not french philosophy). Ok, you can be convinced of this hypothesis, but what is the consequence?
So... is this particular author the one who got paid a lot of money? Is this Big Yud, or is that someone totally different?
Also, I scrolled to the comments and found (from the author):
Multiple people who were involved or knew the people involved have since informed me that the statutory rape coverup did in fact happen. And furthermore, that MIRI paid out to the blackmail.
I no longer fund or consider positive MIRI and CFAR for reasons that this is part of, an infohazard very important for understanding psychology, to be revealed in an upcoming post.
It seems like they have the cult's brainworms but are also kinda calling shit out? Idk the rambling isn't super intelligible and I could be wrong, but I think you might be being overzealous against this particular person.
Edit: Apparently she protested against MIRI and CFAR handing out flyers calling them fascist TERFs who betrayed the rationalist community. Just saying.
Wow you totally owned that person who's calling out abuse by a cult using the language of said cult, by pointing out that the language she's using the language of a cult.
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I would like to state once again for the record that "Simulation Theory" is very literally just the Ontological Argument but put forth by people who think they're too smart to need to learn history or religion or religious philosophy.
My favourite thing in the world is introducing these types to Morrowind Deep Lore and watching them crack in real time from accidental exposure to theology.
The Elder Scrolls lore is so much better and more fulfilling than it has any right to be. If you told me that a bunch of philosophy and theology geeks would cleverly smuggle and entire curriculum's worth of teaching in to the backstory of a video game for Xbox I'd laugh at you.
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Skooma is made from Moonsugar. Moonsugar is literally crystalized light from Tamriel's moons. Which the Khajitt occasionally visit by climbing up on each other's shoulders until they can reach the moon. This is at least as true as any other competing theory, like the theory that the Moons are the rotting body of a God after his heart was cut out and fired across the world.
Also, can you imagine the marketing department when they found out that Kirkbride et al put several hundred pages of magical philosophy in to an X-box game for 12-28 year old males>?!>!>!>!>&
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I don't get the point of “Simulation Theory” (the internet one, not french philosophy). Ok, you can be convinced of this hypothesis, but what is the consequence?
Exactly. It's pure navel gazing. It's unfalsifiable and even if it is true it has no observable consequences at all!
I just feel like we're making fun of the weird nerd who sits alone at lunch after we found their diary tbh :deeper-sadness:
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Are they? I just assumed this was some random blogger.
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So... is this particular author the one who got paid a lot of money? Is this Big Yud, or is that someone totally different?
Also, I scrolled to the comments and found (from the author):
It seems like they have the cult's brainworms but are also kinda calling shit out? Idk the rambling isn't super intelligible and I could be wrong, but I think you might be being overzealous against this particular person.
Edit: Apparently she protested against MIRI and CFAR handing out flyers calling them fascist TERFs who betrayed the rationalist community. Just saying.
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Wow you totally owned that person who's calling out abuse by a cult using the language of said cult, by pointing out that the language she's using the language of a cult.
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This is 100% just a random blogger.
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