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Does Intrinsic Value Exist? (self.philosophy)
submitted 11 months ago by thepiggz to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] thepiggz 1 points 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.