@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 9 months agoWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?message-square156fedilinkarrow-up1190
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•9 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko’s_basilisk
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•9 months ago discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry 🙄
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•9 months agoI love this concept. A purely memetic threat. An idea that could destroy you merely by knowing it… (If a specific set of improbabilities are true)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•9 months agoI hope the basilisk accepts that lying around watching TV is a requirement for me to contribute to its existence. After all, fleshy meat bags need rest time to be able to work!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 months agoI like that the way to beat it is to go, Hmm… and move on.
roko’s basilisk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko’s_basilisk
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I love this concept. A purely memetic threat. An idea that could destroy you merely by knowing it…
(If a specific set of improbabilities are true)
You have doomed us all!
Praised be the basilisk!
I hope the basilisk accepts that lying around watching TV is a requirement for me to contribute to its existence. After all, fleshy meat bags need rest time to be able to work!
I like that the way to beat it is to go, Hmm… and move on.