MrHen comments on A Request for Open Problems - Less Wrong

25 Post author: MrHen 08 May 2009 01:33PM

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Comment author: steven0461 08 May 2009 08:27:00PM *  7 points [-]

What does it mean to deal rationally with moral uncertainty? If Nick Bostrom and Toby Ord's solution is right, how do we apply it in practice?

ETA: this isn't a "clearly defined" question in the sense you mentioned, but I'll leave it up anyway; apologies

Comment author: MrHen 08 May 2009 08:51:08PM 0 points [-]

It's still a great question. I do not know how far we can get formalizing it, but my hunches tell we could get pretty close.