I mean I think it's important to be clear when stated positions don't hold up to rigorous logical scrutiny, not because we have any obligation to have logically coherent positions (because no one does certainly not me lol), but because they're a certain type of impressionable dweeb (me 10 years ago) that will adopt positions because they seem ostensibly logically sound, and I don't really think we should evangelize doomerism.
When I was like 10 a documentary on the big crunch at the local planetarium left me horrified for like 6 months. So when someone says thinks like "we're all gonna die", I am gonna caveat it all to heck as appropriate just as a matter of principle.
I mean I'm not sure I agree with your post. I agree that things are gonna get continuously worse for large swaths of the population likely including myself, but I don't think that means we're all doomed or that I should spend too much time thinking about that or aligning with an internet subculture that hyperfocuses on that.
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And known pedant.
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I mean I think it's important to be clear when stated positions don't hold up to rigorous logical scrutiny, not because we have any obligation to have logically coherent positions (because no one does certainly not me lol), but because they're a certain type of impressionable dweeb (me 10 years ago) that will adopt positions because they seem ostensibly logically sound, and I don't really think we should evangelize doomerism.
When I was like 10 a documentary on the big crunch at the local planetarium left me horrified for like 6 months. So when someone says thinks like "we're all gonna die", I am gonna caveat it all to heck as appropriate just as a matter of principle.
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I mean I'm not sure I agree with your post. I agree that things are gonna get continuously worse for large swaths of the population likely including myself, but I don't think that means we're all doomed or that I should spend too much time thinking about that or aligning with an internet subculture that hyperfocuses on that.