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Qiaochu_Yuan comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 15 July 2013 05:33:08AM 1 point [-]

Why do you assume you're confused?

Comment author: Raiden 16 July 2013 03:08:10AM 0 points [-]

Well I certainly feel very confused. I generally do feel that way when pondering anything related to morality. The whole concept of what is the right thing to do feels like a complete mess and any attempts to figure it out just seem to add to the mess. Yet I still feel very strongly compelled to understand it. It's hard to resist the urge to just give up and wait until we have a detailed neurological model of a human brain and are able to construct a mathematical model from that which would explain exactly what I am asking when I ask what is right and what the answer is.