timtyler comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SforSingularity 20 October 2009 09:27:14PM 0 points [-]

Would you claim the dog has no belief/value distinction?

Actually, I think I would. I think that pretty much all nonhuman animals would also don't really have the belief/value distinction.

I think that having a belief/values distinction requires being at least as sophisticated as a human. There are cases where a human sets a particular goal and then does things that are unpleasant in the short term (like working hard and not wasting all day commenting on blogs) in order to obtain a long-term valuable thing.

Comment author: timtyler 20 October 2009 09:45:11PM 3 points [-]

Dogs value food, warmth and sex. They believe it is night outside. Much the same as humans, IOW.