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Ishaan comments on Why didn't people (apparently?) understand the metaethics sequence? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: ChrisHallquist 29 October 2013 11:04PM

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Comment author: Ishaan 04 November 2013 10:24:41PM 0 points [-]

By Eliezer's usage? I'd say aliens might have love and pleasure in the same way that aliens might have legs...they just as easily might not. Think "wolf" vs "snake" - one has legs and feels love while the other does not.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 November 2013 11:27:04PM 1 point [-]

Let's say they have love and pleasure. Then why would want to define morality in a human centric way?