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Is he cheating on just me or with the Second Law of Thermodynamics? (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Ok, but why is there something to experience survivorship bias? Why is any of this at all instead of just not anything?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The godhead got bored and felt like playing hide-and-seek.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because I said so

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No reason. It's just that when there wasn't anything to experience it, nobody asked themselves that question.

So the question is a consequence of our existence, and that's the answer