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minus-squareAlien Nathan EdwardlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoThis 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.
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.