Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Soulless morality - Less Wrong

20 Post author: PhilGoetz 14 March 2009 09:48PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 March 2009 12:03:14AM 1 point [-]

Maybe that should have been a separate post.

I don't know how different people define "rationalism". But I do think it's important to be aware whether you believe that rationality is the best policy for an agent, or that, in addition, rational agents are the best thing for a society. The latter is probably not true as a universal rule for all types of agents.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 March 2009 12:16:14AM 1 point [-]

How'd you manage the dual post? Should this be a bug report?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 March 2009 04:48:59AM 1 point [-]

I clicked on "comment"; the browser (Firefox) hung for a few minutes trying to submit it; I clicked on it again.