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Lumifer comments on [LINK] Scott Aaronson on Google, Breaking Circularity and Eigenmorality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 June 2014 05:02:45PM 2 points [-]

Yes, I know these photos were analyzed quite substantially, but my point is really simple -- it's that the lynchings (and the witch burnings before them) were culturally normal. The were intense events and, of course, brought out a range of emotions, not just joy, but all I'm trying to say is that the majority of people did not see them as something to be ashamed of. It was OK, it was fine, it was moral.