I’m new in this community. Anyone interested in engaging with these sorts of questions? If so, share your thoughts.

My initial inclination is that intrinsic value is an illusion.

  • thepiggzOP
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    11 months ago

    I’m now considering a line of thinking where value = scarcity. Feels weird, but maybe there’s something there?

    • Kalash@feddit.ch
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      11 months ago

      That wasn’t what I was thinking of, but I think there is something to it. Even it’s not an intrinsic value, it’s indisputable that some scarce resources have immense value to any life form that can utilise them. That’s a big factor in evolution.

      But does it have “value”? What is the point of a planet with life on it against a barran rock planet or a gas giant? Why does the universe care that something is scarce?

      I don’t know if you know about George Carlin, but a lot of people refere to him as a philosopher. But it’s also really harsh and abrasive stand-up comedy. And a few decades old.

      But what if we are just here to make plastic?

      • thepiggzOP
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        11 months ago

        Hey, i’ll check that comedian out. I can guess where that plastic and scarcity in the universe argument might go.

        I’ve been thinking about it more and I added my own comment about my new inclination on this.

        The problem with my initial line of thinking was in craving certainty. I think intrinsic value is not so much an illusion as it is a mystery. It very well could be plastic for all we know, or it might not exist at all.