gRR comments on Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous - LessWrong

11 Post author: PhilGoetz 18 May 2012 12:48AM

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Comment author: gRR 18 May 2012 03:41:42PM 0 points [-]

there do seem to be people who care about that sort of thing.

Presumably, because their knowledge and intelligence are not extrapolated enough.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 18 May 2012 04:11:04PM 0 points [-]

Well, I certainly agree that increasing my knowledge and intelligence might have the effect of changing my beliefs about the world in such a way that I stop valuing certain things that I currently value, and I find it likely that the same is true of everyone else, including the folks who care about Nature.