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The Pinprick Argument: negative utilitarianism, broken symmetry and the fate of the world
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Open Individualism and Antinatalism: If God could be killed, it'd be dead already | Qualia Computing
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| | Abstract Personal identity views (closed, empty, open) serve in philosophy the role that conservation laws play in physics. They recast difficult problems in solvable terms, and by expanding our horizon of understanding, they likewise allow us to conceive of new classes of problems. In this context, we posit that philosophy of personal identity is relevant...
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The Antispeciesist Revolution
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| | Is there an ethically relevant difference between a pig and a toddler of equivalent sentience?
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Supersentience
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| | Do biological minds have a future?
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The Pseudo-Time Arrow: Explaining Phenomenal Time With Implicit Causal Structures In Networks Of Local Binding | Qualia Compu...
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| [AI summary] The text discusses a framework for understanding subjective time as a causal network of local binding connections. It explores how different states of consciousness, such as those induced by psychedelics, can alter this network, leading to various experiences of time, including time loops, moments of eternity, and timelessness. The framework also connects these experiences to emotional valence and the structure of consciousness, suggesting that symmetry and regularity in the network contribute to positive emotional states. The text concludes by emphasizing the potential of this approach as a starting point for further research into time perception and consciousness.