Ah, now I see. I mixed up the greed relation there because I considered that the more you desire, the more acceptable it becomes, at least to yourself, to let the ends justify the means. But, if we mangle an analogy, if that's the linear term, there could still be a difference in the constant term; some people may be inherently more greedy than others.
It's not a desire for something to remain true, nor is it a matter of knowledge... the closest thing I can think of is a lack of presence, as though the friend in question (sometimes multiple, but in this case one) were withholding some important demonstration of his existence, or were allowing himself to be taken for granted, since something taken for granted is less likely to satisfy.
Doesn't existence prove itself? Absent simulation arguments, if you see that someone says things, or in more general have an effect on the world, then you know he exists. Or would this be related to the internet black hole effect, where people who stop replying (or appearing) create an ambiguity that you can't easily resolve?
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Date: 2008-09-24 09:49 pm (UTC)It's not a desire for something to remain true, nor is it a matter of knowledge... the closest thing I can think of is a lack of presence, as though the friend in question (sometimes multiple, but in this case one) were withholding some important demonstration of his existence, or were allowing himself to be taken for granted, since something taken for granted is less likely to satisfy.
Doesn't existence prove itself? Absent simulation arguments, if you see that someone says things, or in more general have an effect on the world, then you know he exists. Or would this be related to the internet black hole effect, where people who stop replying (or appearing) create an ambiguity that you can't easily resolve?