Caledonian2 comments on Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 November 2008 07:20PM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 08 November 2008 12:16:14AM 1 point [-]

Z.M., I agree with your analysis up to the point where you suggest that rational agents act to preserve their current value system.

It may be useful to consider why we have value systems in the first place. When we know why we do a thing, we can evaluate how well we do it, but not until then.