TheAncientGeek comments on Is the orthogonality thesis at odds with moral realism? - Less Wrong

3 Post author: ChrisHallquist 05 November 2013 08:47PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 06 November 2013 08:46:39AM 0 points [-]

I didn't downvote, but I'm guessing that "the error, of course, is in step 2" might be taken as arrogant (implies that the error is obvious, which implies that anyone making the error can't see what is obvious).

Comment author: passive_fist 06 November 2013 09:27:04AM 0 points [-]

Perhaps the word 'Error' is inappropriate and should be replaced with 'misunderstanding'. I don't mean to say that one or the other viewpoint is obviously correct, I'm just trying to point out a possible source of confusion. I did mention that it was just a guess.

That said, it's possible that the root misunderstanding here is simple and obvious. No need to assume it must be complicated.