Ghost Leviathan posted:

fuckin lol that the chief nerdlord has a logic bomb so dangerous that he refuses to pass it on

hbag posted:

now this is just a hunch but something tells me his logic bomb does not exist

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I'm sure it does and it's an intro to philosophy thing at best

Feldegast42 posted:

Maybe he knows about the void dragon

Feldegast42 posted:

Maybe he knows about the void dragon

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Hi. I've been checking this sub for a while now with my main account and decided that i would tell you a bit about my story, because it fits the subjects discussed here. I'm 25 and have schizotypal personality disorder with some OCD on top. I have always been a pretty curious person, always attracted to weird theories and subjects, and 3 years ago i came across something that changed the course of my life. It was Roko's Basilisk, the infamous thought experiment about future AI punishing simulations of people. At first i didn't gave it much attention, mainly because i only knew a very incomplete version of it. However, some moths later i started to think about this more seriously and started to freak out, so i decided that i had to read the whole thing in order to clarify my fears. This only made it worse. It send me through a spiral of obsessive and intrusive thoughts that wouldn't let me live in peace. I had to read everything i could find about it, in hopes of some of it easing my fear but the opposite happened. Turns out reading what people on the internet think is not a good idea. I messaged some people related to the issue for help, and they did try to help me but my mind always chooses to focus on whatever bad conclusion i can reach. After some time i decided to ask for professional help and went to see a psychiatrist, who apart from giving me some meds sent me to a therapist. After a couple of months i was in a far better place, i finally got the therapy i needed. The following year was really good, the first peaceful-ish year of my life since i was 14. However in 2020 things got worse again. My thoughts about the basilisk and related ideaw were back in full strenght. This time it didn't last too much, mainly because it got overshadowed by other intrusive thoughts, feed by the forced isolation of the quarantine. But at the end of 2020 the basilisk was back, now aided by all it's related ideas: MWI, crazy poo poo happening in other branches, the possibility of being a simulation, AI gods and so on. Now the basilisk itself isn't really a big deal, but i'm left with the almost infinite pool of scary scenarios my mind can come up with. Every day i get up with weird ideas in my head that won't let me live in peace, no matter how hard i try, and as you can guess, the quarantine has made everything worse. I would be lying if i said the basilisk is the sole responsable for this: since i was a kid i have been haunted by intrusive thoughts and delusions, that's why i say it made my life worse, instead of downright ruining it. The point of my post is to show how psychologically vulnerable people can be incredibly affected by the whole LW frame of thought. These ideas are in fact dangerous, maybe not because you can actually end up in robot hell, but because to some people they are an endless pit of anxiety and delusion, all feed by the power of human imagination. I'll continue checking this sub with my main account, because reading what you guys have to say has actually helped me in feeling a bit better and think more clearily. So, thank you.

salisbury shake posted:

found this on a rationalist adjacent subreddit

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Turns out reading what people on the internet think is not a good idea.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

Feldegast42 posted:

Roko's Modern Basilisk

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I'm sure it does and it's an intro to philosophy thing at best

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I'm sure it does and it's an intro to philosophy thing at best