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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by ETH_start on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:14PM (#40859610)
I think it's entirely fair. The article sets up rationality as the destructive value.

>René Descartes (1596-1650) is often attributed as the one who blessed us with the dubious vision of mind-body dualism, but he was just playing into an emergent spirit of the times that was beginning to view rational thought as the true essence of humanity.

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Re:How generative AI is trying to rip the screaming soul out... by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:50PM (#40859879)
The Enlightenment was a first attempt to grow beyond centuries of monstrous, irrational, suicidally destructive monarchy and religious dictatorship.

While rationality has limits and a complex relationship with the body, it's still far more likely to keep you alive and healthy than a nostalgic hankering for a strong father figure and a thin pretext for bullying empathic effective adults.

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