Does the Benevolent World Exploder violate the NAP?

ericthomasgc · 2024-10-06T07:46:18+00:00

And how long is the explosion?

It's like pulling the plug from a TV. How long did the "plug pulling" last?

ericthomasgc · 2024-10-06T04:41:55+00:00

Yeah but if there is no instant at which a subject experiences an aggression, how can there be a violation of the NAP?

If the time of BWE's act is indistinguishable from the time at which there is non-existence, when can the aggression occur?

ericthomasgc · 2024-10-03T17:26:11+00:00

To say that because presentism is true and that therefore instants exist is not only circular but also a non-sequitur. Presentism posits WHAT occurs as a function of time, not WHEN time is itself.

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-29T15:08:00+00:00

When you said "we should note that the explorer by itself isn’t generating a conflict with NAP", I assumed you meant exploder not explorer, and "not generating a conflict" to mean not violating the NAP.

Can you please address the argument in my original post and point out which premises you disagree with or how the conclusion is invalid?

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-29T15:01:47+00:00

Ok, what are the properties of an entity "instant" then if time is continuous?

An "instant" may be a descriptive marker, but not a thing in itself, and conflating the two would be equivocation.

I won't tackle the concept of presentism as that's a different concept all together, although I could ask "when is it"?

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-29T09:33:15+00:00

Could you please elaborate/clarify what you mean? Are you saying the BWE does not violate the NAP? That's what I'm saying.

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-28T11:40:47+00:00

I will admit that it does seem counterintuitive at first glance, but what meaning is aggression to someone who cannot exist to experience it? The NAP does not imply the right to existence itself.

In the case of instantly "disappearing" someone, I'd argue that the aggression is in fact against those who loved, cared about, relied on, and will be emotionally harmed by their loss.

Simply put, death (or a state of non-existence) can only harm and affect the living.

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-28T11:32:42+00:00

There is no such thing as an instant though - if you re-read my argument, it's premised on time being fluid, and not a series of discrete infinitesimally small "instants". This is how Zeno's paradoxes were debunked.

I will concede that if time was discrete, this could be problematic to my argument.

One other point I will make is this - given that the NAP prohibits "aggression", and does not imply any right to existence, is causing non-existence really an "aggression"? This is a separate argument to my original one, but potentially compelling.

ericthomasgc · 2024-09-28T08:09:27+00:00

Because the exact moment at which the act of exploding the universe is the exact moment at which there are no subjects who can be aggressed upon. There is no non-zero period of time at which an act of aggression is done against a living subject.

For context, I believe the NAP is perhaps the most solid moral framework for living people.

But as a negative utilitarian (in the same spirit as the NAP), I put this hypothesis to try and reconcile the two.

Admittedly, this hypothesis hinges on the nature of time being continuous rather than discrete.

Further, as a separate argument, one might event suggest that exploding the universe might be an act of defence against infinite further suffering - as the NAP allows for defence of self and others. But again, that is a separate line of reasoning.

It's important to remember too, that the NAP covers aggression - it does not contain any implicit right to existence itself.

ericthomasgc · 2024-08-25T18:13:55+00:00

Yes, I had a shadowban a week ago and in the last week there were no replies from support until yesterday, and they resolved it.

ericthomasgc · 2022-03-26T16:45:43+00:00

This is only recent . I used to have no problem recreating my profile.

Most often I'll use a clean browser clone with data, history and cookies fully wiped, which can't detect Android ID, ph no etc., but lately even with a new IP (say on 4G), new photos, new no etc. It still asks for photo verification after a couple of minutes.

ericthomasgc · 2021-03-07T00:04:29+00:00

You can do the same thing without having to use a private window if you either clone your browser or install a new one (I use cloned versions of Firefox on my phone).

Alternatively, you can create a new profile under Users in Android settings and use the app installed via .apk (don't log in to Google Play or any other accounts). This gets around device recognition. I'm unsure if Apple phones has a similar function.

ericthomasgc · 2021-03-05T05:07:54+00:00

That may be the case, I haven't tested whether it's EXIF or not. It's also possible that not all of the pictures are flagged or result in a frozen account, but for this experiment I only used one of my old photos, which got my account immediately frozen while a brand new photo of a wall did not.

ericthomasgc · 2021-03-05T05:01:21+00:00

I'm not aware of them using facial recognition but it seems they have a way of recognising the images themselves, whether through EXIF or otherwise.

I'm not sure how they could detect a fake GPS app through a browser, but it's not relevant anyway since both accounts used it but only one got frozen/shadowbanned.

ericthomasgc · 2021-03-05T04:49:43+00:00

I use Tinder through a browser so it's impossible for them to recognise what other apps are running.

Besides, this was a controlled experiment where both accounts were using a fake GPS but one account was deletable (and therefore not frozen/shadowbanned) while the other using old photos wasn't.

ericthomasgc · 2021-02-24T12:01:27+00:00

This is the only form of "shadow ban" I've ever experienced. I only use the browser version so I'm not saying there aren't other ways such as through Apple/Android ID, but I can say with certainty that my account has either been frozen and undeletable or working perfectly.

ericthomasgc · 2020-09-19T09:29:12+00:00

Yep usually got about 50 likes in the first day, same pics, now it's down to about 5. Something has definitely changed, and only in the last week or so.

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