Vladimir_Nesov comments on Which Parts Are "Me"? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 June 2010 02:05:40PM 2 points [-]

Both are terminal values to some extent. Where the "consequentialist" evolution had a single (actual) outcome in mind, any instrumental influence on that process had a chance of getting engraved in people's minds. Godshatter can't clearly draw the boundaries, assert values applying only to a particular class of situations and not at all to other situations. Any given psychological drive influences moral value of all situations (although of course this influence could be insignificant on some situations and defining on the other). Where we are uncertain, the level of this influence is probably non-trivial.