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Tag Archives: cognitive dissonance
Death Gives Life Meaning, or Cognitive Dissonance?
The Singularity Institute (Oct 2007) posted a piece on how immortality can give meaning to a life, in much the same way people have argued that death gives meaning to our lives. The author, E. Yudkowsky, gives some common arguments … Continue reading
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