RobinHanson comments on Value Deathism - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 October 2010 06:20PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 October 2010 06:40:55PM *  2 points [-]

That you won't try incorporates feasibility (and can well be a correct decision, just as expecting defeat may well be correct), but value judgment doesn't, and shouldn't be updated on lack of said feasibility. It's not OK to not take over the world.

I even think trying to achieve it would be counter-productive.

There is no value in trying.

Comment author: RobinHanson 30 October 2010 06:46:07PM 2 points [-]

I don't think you know what "OK" means.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 October 2010 06:50:31PM 0 points [-]

Yes, that was some rhetoric applause-lighting on my part with little care about whether you meant what my post seemed to assume you meant. I think the point is worth making (with deathist interpretation of "OK"), even if it doesn't actually apply to yours or Ben's positions.