Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?message-squaremessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down16
arrow-up1149arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareUgurcan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·6 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko’s_basilisk
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months ago discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry 🙄
minus-squareswordsmanluke@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 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-squareFrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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-squareHopingForBetter@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 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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You have doomed us all!
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)
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.