timtyler comments on A Less Wrong singularity article? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 November 2009 07:06:39PM *  -2 points [-]

There could be a word defined that way, but for purposes of staying unconfused about morality, I prefer to use "would-want" so that "should" is reserved specifically for things that, you know, actually ought to be done.

Comment author: timtyler 21 November 2009 08:46:29AM 2 points [-]

"would-want" - under what circumstances? Superficially, it seems like pointless jargon. Is there a description somewhere of what it is supposed to mean?

Comment author: timtyler 24 November 2009 10:29:48PM -1 points [-]

Hmm. I guess not.