The only danger here is the danger of crawling so far up your own asshole that you just pop entirely out of existence.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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Meh. This whole thing is just one assumption after the other, like variable after variable have to line up for this. More silly than anything.
Requisite Thought Slime video about why you shouldn't worry about this: https://youtu.be/wUkHSPdudn4
Ouch They really ripped the guy a new one. Good watch though. Thanks for linking.
Shhh! We don't talk about the basilisk. Also, you have just lost the game.
I swear I went years without losing the game but this year it's been like once a month.
Im taking everyone down with me
A weird little thing, I like to sleep pondering mild existential concepts like these. Between this and reading BLIT and its sequels for the first time, basilisks (which I’d actually not heard of before) have given me much to think on tonight
It's just the techbro's version of the Pascal wager
This is a perfect summary because they both seem to prove a really interesting point as long as you assume there's no downside to dedicating your entire life to something only to find out that thing never existed.
This thing feel like a SCP article