conchis comments on Exterminating life is rational - Less Wrong

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Comment author: conchis 13 August 2009 09:15:03AM 1 point [-]

if we see that we're acting in ways that will probably exterminate life in short order, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the wrong thing to do.

Well, I don't disagree with this, but I would still agree with it if you substituted "right" for "wrong", so it doesn't seem like much of a conclusion. ;)

Comment author: orthonormal 15 August 2009 09:27:23PM *  1 point [-]

it doesn't seem like much of a conclusion.

Moving back toward your ignorance prior on a topic can still increase your log-score if the hypothesis was concentrating probability mass in the wrong areas (failing to concentrate a substantial amount in a right area).