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GabrielDuquette comments on Value evolution - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 December 2011 11:47PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 December 2011 07:27:24PM *  0 points [-]

If travelers from the past have outraged reactions, it's because they're running the social software of their time, not because they have genuinely considered all of the pros and cons of slavery in both their home context and ours. Intelligence is largely about knowing the "right" things to say and then saying them automatically so as to not jeopardize your share of resources.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 December 2011 05:54:55AM 3 points [-]

Why doesn't that apply equally well to the traveler from our time?

Comment author: [deleted] 10 December 2011 12:35:59PM 0 points [-]

It definitely does.