RichardKennaway comments on Uncategories and empty categories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 17 February 2015 12:37:26PM 0 points [-]

But the reason for all your values, if traced back far enough, lies in genetic fitness. Your not being conscious of that doesn't change it.

But the reason for all your values, if traced back far enough, lies in atoms. Your not being conscious of that doesn't change it.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 17 February 2015 05:40:08PM *  0 points [-]

Atoms don't influence the evolution of a species or its values in any particular direction. The system we're looking at is bounded at "the bottom" by selection.