Nanani comments on A Master-Slave Model of Human Preferences - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Wei_Dai 29 December 2009 01:02AM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 30 December 2009 09:56:22PM 4 points [-]

If we interpret the "master" as natural selection operating over evolutionary time, then the master exists and has a single coherent purpose.

But I stated in the post "The master is meant to represent unconscious parts of a human mind" so I don't know how you got your interpretation that the master is natural selection. See also Robin's comment, which gives the intended interpretation:

I read this as postulating a part of our unconscious minds that is the master, able to watch and react to the behavior and thoughts of the conscious mind.

Comment author: Nanani 04 January 2010 04:09:00AM 2 points [-]

The thing is, the Unconcious Mind is -not- in actual fact a separate entity. The model is greatly improved through Eliezer's interpretation of the master being dead: mindless evolution.