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20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 July 2008 07:19AM

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Comment author: Unknown 18 July 2008 05:24:00PM 0 points [-]

Poke, in the two sentences:

"You should open the door before attempting to walk through it."

"You should not murder."

The word "should" means EXACTLY the same thing. And since you can understand the first claim, you can understand the second as well.