TheAncientGeek comments on No Universally Compelling Arguments in Math or Science - Less Wrong
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One can only fail to do what one is trying to do. If what one is trying to do is refute a putative definition of "morality" one doesn't need a full reduction. AFIACT, that was in fact the context -- someone was saying that Clippy could validly define "morality" as making paperpclips.
I like that idea too -- although It isn't new. Also, it is a theory, not a definition.
Does physics shave to describe what we think the behaviour of objects is, or can we improve on that?