After some thought, my new inclination:
Whether intrinsic value exists or not is unknowable to us, specifically because we did not create our own universe. I can’t say for certain there is value in truth, justice, love, etc. beyond what we humans assign to these things. Yet, I can’t say for certain that there is not. Intrinsic value by its very nature and definition is a mystery.
Could be. Interesting tactic. Energy does indeed seem to intrinsically exist. Existence does seem to exist. Scarcity does seem to exist. Even shared feelings of value for things that are hard to make a logical case for them seem to intrinsically exist. Yet, I feel unsatisfied that intrinsic value exists. Maybe I mean something harder to define.
I like this idea of life in general defining inherent value. What if we encountered an alien race that developed completely separate from us and we happened to view certain common things as having intrinsic value? Could we make a case that these concepts of intrinsic value truly exist?
Yet, if life itself were high on that list we might be a bit bias.
I’m now considering a line of thinking where value = scarcity. Feels weird, but maybe there’s something there?
Say, existence = value maybe? Or, energy = value?
One could ask, does the universe without humans have value? Does order over chaos have value? Does energy vs empty space have value?
If it would all still exist and go on this way without humans, it feels like someone or something must have seen value in it at least at some point. Or perhaps we do really exist in some manifestation of total chaos.
A good question. Does value exist without an entity to experience and quantify it? Is there value in a universe without humans - assuming such a universe could exist?
Yet we have no proof these physical properties exist without humans to experience and quantify them. So in some sense, could we not say that they exist because we experience and quantify them?
I’m a programmer. If someone had an interest they could preserve all of your self-hosted data without your permission. I think it is worth considering tho, if all of this is valuable then it would be ideal if we could get that value into the accounts of people in need rather than the alternative.
Agreed that instance admins might not be expected to handle this sort of thing.
Agreed that it is easy to get a copy of the content.
I think we might handle this best as a cumulative platform and community.
Oddly enough, my understanding is that in many jurisdictions it is a matter explicitly asserting these rights. Aside from that, requesting that they be enforced when they are violated.
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.