gwern comments on Not By Empathy Alone - Less Wrong

19 Post author: gwern 05 October 2011 12:36AM

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Comment author: gwern 05 October 2011 04:12:16PM 2 points [-]

That sounds like you'll actively try to lower the amount of empathy of the world - not just stop being as eager as before to try to increase it. Maybe we (or at least I) misunderstood you on that part.

I am more interested in lowering it - before, I had zero interest in lowering it, and now I have some interest, which is more than I had before. (Not nearly enough to make me do anything, but then, it's not like I was actively trying to increase empathy before.)

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 06 October 2011 12:38:10PM 1 point [-]

So, if you could increase world empathy by 1% by pushing one button, decrease it by 1% by pushing a second button, or do nothing, what would you do?

Comment author: gwern 06 October 2011 01:29:44PM 2 points [-]

I don't know. Probably nothing in lieu of additional evidence.

Comment author: Jack 05 October 2011 07:29:16PM 1 point [-]

So you still have some interest in trying to increase it? I think the way you're phrasing your position above is throwing people off.

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