AdeleneDawner comments on Only humans can have human values - Less Wrong

34 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 April 2010 06:57PM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 27 April 2010 03:23:35AM 5 points [-]

When we've talked about 'people agreeing on values', as in CEV, I've always taken that to only refer to humans, or perhaps to all sentient earth-originating life. If 'people' refers to the totality of possible minds, it seems obvious to me that there aren't any values that most people will agree on, but that's not a very interesting fact in any context I've noticed here.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 27 April 2010 05:05:00AM 0 points [-]

It could easily mean minds that could arise through natural processes (quantum computations?) weighted by how likely (simple?).

Comment author: MugaSofer 30 December 2012 08:26:36PM -1 points [-]

It could, but it doesn't.