Alejandro1 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 109 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Gondolinian 23 February 2015 08:05PM

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Comment author: bramflakes 23 February 2015 09:36:18PM 1 point [-]

Wait a minute, aren't all human CEVs supposed to converge to roughly the same thing? (tell me if I've catastrophically misunderstood or misremembered the concept, it's been a while since I read the sequences)

Comment author: Alejandro1 23 February 2015 09:50:57PM 3 points [-]

In all details, certainly not; Dumbledore's CEV might well include reuniting with his family, which won't be a part of others' CEV.

In broad things like ethics and politics, it is hoped that different people's CEVs aren't too far apart (thanks to human values originating in our distant evolutionary history, which is shared by all present-day humans) but there is no proof, and many would dispute it. At least that is my understanding.