Eugine_Nier comments on Privileging the Question - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 May 2013 12:26:15AM 3 points [-]

I've asked around here for a reason to think that the egalitarian principle is true, but haven't yet received any responses that are up to typical Less Wrong epistemic standards.

It's a very clear Schelling point. At least until advances in uplifting/AI/brain emulation/etc. complicates the issue of what counts as a human.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 May 2013 11:40:44PM 0 points [-]

It's a very clear Schelling point.

This seems to me very unclear actually. In fact, I have never encountered someone that acted as if this was (approximately) the decision criterion they were following. For all the humans I have personally observed, they seem to be acting as if they, their friends, and their family members are weighted thousands or millions of times greater than perfect strangers.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 May 2013 12:48:53AM 1 point [-]

That, or something like it, is the decision criterion people are expected to follow when acting in official capacity.