Sewing-Machine comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 August 2010 05:25:03AM *  1 point [-]

To be clear, if sentence X about goodness is translated into sentence Y about life and happiness etc., does sentence Y contain the word "good"?

Edit: What's left of religion after you make the queerness go away? Why does there seem to be more left of morality?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 August 2010 06:54:16AM 5 points [-]

No, nothing, and because while religion does contain some confusion, after you eliminate the confusion you are left with claims that are coherent but false.