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Clarity comments on Open Thread, Jun. 8 - Jun. 14, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Clarity 15 June 2015 12:58:50AM *  0 points [-]

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 June 2015 01:53:16AM 0 points [-]

Describing the source of human values is not the same as answering if those values SHOULD be our values. You've just pushed the is ought problem to a different place.

Was your answer trying to reply to my original question? (Why should the evolutionary history of an experience effect our pursuance of it as a goal?) If so, can you clarify how it answers that.