timtyler comments on Value Deathism - Less Wrong
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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible your fundamental values may be mistaken.
I think that we need to be able to change our minds about fundamental values, just as we need to be able to change our minds about fundamental beliefs. Even if we don't currently know how to handle this kind of upheaval mathematically.
If that is seen as a problem, then we better get started working on building better mathematics.
What we may need more urgently is the maths for agents who have "got religion" - because we may want to build that type of agent - to help to ensure that we continue to receive their prayers and supplications.