PhilGoetz comments on Crime and punishment - Less Wrong

39 Post author: PhilGoetz 24 March 2011 09:53PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 24 March 2011 10:52:26PM 0 points [-]

Reading the wikipedia entry on Azathoth didn't help me figure out what you mean to say.

Comment author: FAWS 24 March 2011 10:55:25PM 2 points [-]

http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/

Comment author: PhilGoetz 24 March 2011 11:33:29PM 0 points [-]

Still no clue. Third time's the charm?

Comment author: FAWS 24 March 2011 11:38:00PM *  5 points [-]

Azathoth = Theomorphed evolution. The evolutionary cause of our sense of justice, hunger for revenge etc presumably is in large part the increased fitness due to deterrence.

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