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Pentashagon comments on Is Equality Really about Diminishing Marginal Utility? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Pentashagon 05 December 2012 09:51:19AM 2 points [-]

It's worth pointing out that relativity gives the right answers at 0.01% light speed too, it just takes more computations to get the answer. A more complex model of morality that gives the same answers to our simple questions as our currently held system of morals seems quite desirable.