Viliam_Bur comments on Fascists and Rakes - Less Wrong

39 Post author: philh 05 January 2014 12:41AM

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 January 2014 09:54:34PM 2 points [-]

What specifically does "foundation" mean in this context? Are those things evaluated by different parts of the brain, do they create different emotions, or...?

Without this information, they are basically just six different applause lights. Or course different people may have different applause lights. But what exactly is the difference between a person who values loyalty and hates betrayal intrinsically, and a person for whom loyalty means fairness + care, and betrayal means cheating and harm? (Loyalty could be modelled as an informal mutual aid pact.)

Comment author: Vulture 07 January 2014 03:21:15AM *  2 points [-]

Without this information, they are basically just six different applause lights.

It's possible to determine that certain features as (virtually) universal across cultures, without also identifying why exactly they are or how they work.