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.
Er, my point was that greed isn't so much a function of the object of a desire as the nature of that desire.
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.
Yeah, but this desire does not seem to be a matter of knowledge or the lack thereof.
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?
You might be on to something there. Not in the direction of not knowing whether or not a person still exists, but in the direction of some vital confirmation being held out of reach by that person.
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Er, my point was that greed isn't so much a function of the object of a desire as the nature of that desire.
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.
Yeah, but this desire does not seem to be a matter of knowledge or the lack thereof.
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?
You might be on to something there. Not in the direction of not knowing whether or not a person still exists, but in the direction of some vital confirmation being held out of reach by that person.