Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?message-squaremessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down16
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square164fedilink
minus-squareUgurcan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·9 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko’s_basilisk
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·9 months ago discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry 🙄
minus-squareswordsmanluke@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 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-squarecrusty@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoYou have doomed us all!
minus-squareFrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 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-up3·9 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.