@Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agoWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?message-square175fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down17
arrow-up1186arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?@Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-square@Ugurcan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•3 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko’s_basilisk
minus-square@KevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•3 months ago discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry 🙄
minus-square@swordsmanluke@programming.devlinkfedilink8•3 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@FrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•3 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@HopingForBetterlink3•3 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.