TGGP5 comments on Consolidated Nature of Morality Thread - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 April 2007 11:00PM

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Comment author: TGGP5 18 April 2007 03:35:32AM 0 points [-]

Yes, Bob, Bayes does trump Popper. Eliezer has explained that pretty well already. However, I don't see how that saves ethics. There is no disconfirming evidence, and as a result no confirming evidence. There is no utility in knowing ethics, as far as I know, as it will not enable me to make better predictions or do neat things like sending a rocket to the moon. So I ask you, what makes ethics different from theology or astrology so that I should care what experts in it say?