hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf you could ask one question and get a 100% true answer, what would it be and why?message-squaremessage-square287fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square287fedilink
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year 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-down3·1 year 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-up6·1 year agoYeah, but you can’t prosper if you don’t exist.
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year 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.