TheOtherDave comments on Scientific Self-Help: The State of Our Knowledge - Less Wrong

138 Post author: lukeprog 20 January 2011 08:44PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2013 03:00:41PM 2 points [-]

...and lying is Wrong?

Comment author: MugaSofer 04 January 2013 04:21:42PM -2 points [-]

Most people seem to think so. I'm not going to bother defending the point here (all I'm trying to do is establish identity) but possible reasons include the claim that humans terminally value knowing the truth and the point that humans share a morality, so providing them with information gives them as good a chance as you of making the right choice based on the evidence (unless you're superintelligent or they're mentally subnormal, but what if it's the opposite?)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2013 04:38:53PM 0 points [-]

OK. If you're not going to bother defending the point, I won't further pursue it.