timtyler comments on The Psychological Unity of Humankind - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 09 May 2010 11:13:18AM 4 points [-]

The supposed psychological unity of human kind seems to be part of the "CEV" idea - since it suggests the intersection of human desires might be large.

However, if humans frequently want conflicting things - due to them all wanting to selfishly promote their own ends - the intersection of all human desires seems as though it would be smaller and of less interest.