SilasBarta comments on Human values differ as much as values can differ - Less Wrong

13 Post author: PhilGoetz 03 May 2010 07:35PM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 03 May 2010 08:19:27PM *  2 points [-]

I think a shorter term for what you're describing is positionality, the state where the quality of the good depends on its ranking relative to other goods. The problem you're claiming is that women's values are positional (making them non-mutually-satisfiable), while men's aren't (making them mutually-satisfiable).

But in any case, thanks for saving me the ordeal of telling women how the positionality of their values throws a big monkey wrench in everything ;-)