Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Unspeakable Morality - Less Wrong

27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 August 2009 05:57AM

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Comment author: Tiiba 04 August 2009 07:59:32AM 1 point [-]

If you don't mind me asking... How does anyone who believes that pain and/or death is bad NOT conclude that pepperoni pizza is bad?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 August 2009 03:59:40PM 1 point [-]

Pepperoni pizza isn't bad. Human metabolisms are bad.

Comment author: thomblake 04 August 2009 04:01:58PM 0 points [-]

Both pepperoni pizza and human metabolisms are good, and gluttony is bad.

Well, good enough for government work.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 August 2009 04:28:23PM 3 points [-]

Pepperoni pizza, human metabolisms, and gluttony are good, and being fat is bad. Thus we have a philosophical paradox!

Comment author: thomblake 04 August 2009 04:35:36PM 0 points [-]

I think considering 'gluttony' good is just abusing the language.

As for your philosophical paradox... drugs to the rescue?