Gabriel comments on P/S/A - Sam Harris offering money for a little good philosophy - Less Wrong
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Read the short FAQ underneath. At first glance it seems the book might be right about a lot of things. Damn.
Yeah. I think the thing Harris should change his mind about is the simplicity of "well-being of conscious creatures is all that matters." We might care about other things, value extrapolation is needed and might surprise us, blah blah blah. I also don't like the way he frames the issue of defining morality; I'd prefer he talk more like this. But that's more of a semantic quibble.