JamesAndrix comments on Our House, My Rules - Less Wrong

36 Post author: David_J_Balan 02 November 2009 12:44AM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 03 November 2009 12:41:48AM 3 points [-]

If Omega tells me I should route a train towards one child and not another, then that's almost certainly the case.

None of what I've read about Omega seems to indicate that his moral system is similar enough to our own that we should take his advice on moral matters. Have I missed something?

Comment author: JamesAndrix 03 November 2009 02:54:35AM 3 points [-]

I meant to imply omega was explicitly referencing our system of morality by using the human "should". Something like: If you knew everything I know, you would definitely want to divert the train.

"omega-should" is presumably very different.