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I understand, this is what I'm dealing with in the second to last paragraph.
There is a sense in which all concepts both exist subjectively and objectively. There is some mathematical function that describes all the things that ChrisHallquist thinks are funny just like there is a mathematical function that describes the behavior of atoms. We can get into the nitty-gritty about what makes a concept subjective and what makes a concept objective. But I don't see what the case for morality counting as "objective" is unless we're just going to count all concepts as objective.
Can you be clearer about the way you are using "describes" here?
I'm not clear if you are thinking about a) a giant lookup table of all the things Chris Hallquist finds funny, or b) a program that is more compact than that list - so compact, indeed, that a cut-down bug-filled beta of it can be implemented inside his skull! - but yet can generate the list.
My point works with either, I think. Which is more charitable to Eliezer's position?