Will_Newsome comments on Our Phyg Is Not Exclusive Enough - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 17 April 2012 12:47:28PM 1 point [-]

Interesting! You seem to be a moral realist (cognitivist, whatever) and an a-theist. (I suspect this is the typical LessWrong position, even if the typical LessWronger isn't as coherent as you.) I'll take note that I should pester you and/or take care to pay attention to your opinions (comments) more in the future. Also, I thank you for showing me what the reasoning process would be that would lead one to that position. (And I think that position has a very good chance of being correct—in the absence of justifiably-ignorable inside-view (non-communicable) evidence I myself hold.)

(It's probably obvious that I'm pretty damn drunk. (Interesting that alcohol can be just as effective as LSD or cannabis. (Still not as effective as nitrous oxide or DMT.)))

Comment author: gRR 17 April 2012 01:30:15PM 1 point [-]

Cognitivist yes, moral realist, no. IIUC, it's EY's position ("morality is a computation"), so naturally it's the typical LessWrong position.

in the absence of justifiably-ignorable inside-view (non-communicable) evidence I myself hold

Universally valid statements must have universally-available evidence, no?

Interesting that alcohol can be just as effective as LSD or cannabis

Really nothing like LSD, which makes it impossible to write anything at all, at least for me.