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Counterpoint - humans are very much not mediocre, we really are special. No other species is as advanced as us, no other species is as capable as us and no other species is as awesome as us.

We may one day discover intelligent alien life, until then the blue planet really is special. Okay it may not look like much, but looks can be deceiving.



"and opposition to the mediocrity principle is one of the major linchpins of religion and creationism and jingoism and failed social policies."


Well that is awesome then - either I have to agree with him, or I am a nationalist. This is straight out of the What you can't say playbook.


Indeed - it's not very flexible! If anything the principle says that nothing is more important than anything else. Which is humbling and a good thought experiment, but I ask whether we can actually go about our lives using it.




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