Jonathan_Graehl comments on The Twin Webs of Knowledge - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 28 August 2009 09:45AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 29 August 2009 05:38:50PM 4 points [-]

You think that there are people who read evolutionary psychology and were pleasantly surprised?

I've found a definite relief in evolutionary psychology - as many others, I have maintained an unrealistically positive self-image. Then at times I have found out that my actions don't match up with the ethics I was previously claiming to follow. Looking at evpsych and realizing that this kind of behavior is actually normal has helped me to accept that I don't need to feel guilty about being less ethical than I actually am... and accepting that has helped me actually become more ethical, in more ways than one, as I don't need to waste time feeling guilty instead of actually changing things.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 01 September 2009 01:12:00AM 0 points [-]

I don't need to feel guilty about being less ethical than I actually am

clarify: about the possibility of being less ethical than you are now? Obviously you can't now be less than you are now.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 01 September 2009 05:57:49PM 1 point [-]

I think I meant to write something along the lines of "about acting less ethically than my unrealistically glorified self-image claims I would act".