hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoIf you could ask one question and get a 100% true answer, what would it be and why?message-squaremessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down13
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareIf you could ask one question and get a 100% true answer, what would it be and why?hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square257fedilink
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoYeah. A lower limit was never set in the wording of the question, so the answer would likely be “Perpetuate your species as long as possible”
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·9 months agoHow is perpetuating the species useful? It serves no real purpose and doesn’t really help people much. True utility comes from the mitigation of suffering.
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoYeah, but you can’t prosper if you don’t exist.
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoYou can’t suffer or experience the deprivation of prosperity either.
Yeah. A lower limit was never set in the wording of the question, so the answer would likely be “Perpetuate your species as long as possible”
How is perpetuating the species useful? It serves no real purpose and doesn’t really help people much. True utility comes from the mitigation of suffering.
Yeah, but you can’t prosper if you don’t exist.
You can’t suffer or experience the deprivation of prosperity either.