shokwave comments on Human errors, human values - Less Wrong

32 Post author: PhilGoetz 09 April 2011 02:50AM

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Comment author: shokwave 09 April 2011 02:26:22PM 3 points [-]

It may not even be instinctual; it could be purely cultural conditioning that makes us instinctively refuse murder-like options. Actually, on the balance cultural conditioning seems far more likely.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 09 April 2011 04:20:28PM 1 point [-]

Yes, this makes sense. Culture has been changing faster than genes for a long time now. If you're right, shokwave's point still stands.