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John_Maxwell_IV comments on Under-acknowledged Value Differences - Less Wrong Discussion

47 Post author: Wei_Dai 12 September 2012 10:02PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 14 September 2012 05:24:48AM 3 points [-]

It's worth noting that the values folks are programmed to "bargain" with may be unendorsed leftovers from evolution. So maybe it's possible to make progress in this sort of discussion if both parties are trying to refactor their values?

Comment author: Wei_Dai 14 September 2012 05:37:52PM 2 points [-]

It's worth noting that the values folks are programmed to "bargain" with may be unendorsed leftovers from evolution.

Good point. A good reason to be less biased even if that's not "instrumentally rational" is that your biases may only be rational for a set of values that aren't actually yours in an important sense.