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Comment author: kilobug 28 February 2012 04:26:40PM 4 points [-]

Temporary chaos frequently happen when changes are made - but that's not what I was referring to. The issue of "will chaos occur when moving from slavery to no slavery" is a different issue than "would a society without slavery be more chaotic". That can justify inertia (keeping things as they are), but is not in itself an argument for or against slavery (or anything else).

And that fact that despite that inertia we still see things like torture or slavery mostly disappearing is a good indicator or moral progress.

Comment author: Multiheaded 28 February 2012 05:44:25PM *  13 points [-]

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 February 2012 06:00:16PM *  15 points [-]

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Since I'm apparently a stepping stone on the path to the Final Boss of the contrarian Internet, I wonder what my fatality is.

Comment author: Multiheaded 28 February 2012 06:06:29PM 8 points [-]

So, we have an agreement that outright flattering each other in the future shall be reprociated with positive karma loops, as long as it's done in a sufficiently nerdy manner? C'mon, bro, just say yeah!

Comment author: [deleted] 28 February 2012 06:09:10PM *  11 points [-]

Past behaviour is an excellent predictor of future behaviour. Nerdy flattery and humour seem to be consistently rewarded on LessWrong.

Comment author: Multiheaded 28 February 2012 06:23:23PM 2 points [-]

:reads the edit:

Now you're just adding insult to injury, except that "injury" is "awesomeness" and "insult" is "nostalgia".

Comment author: Multiheaded 28 February 2012 06:43:58PM 8 points [-]

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