army1987 comments on Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous - LessWrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 May 2012 10:09:59PM 0 points [-]

Trying to satisfy the majority at the expense of the minorities might get incredibly ugly incredibly fast.

But would that be actually uglier than the status quo? Right now, to a very good approximation, those who were born from the right vagina are satisfied at the expense of those born from the wrong vagina. Is that any better?

I call the Litany of Gendlin on the idea that everyone can't be fully satisfied at once. And I also call the Fallacy of Gray on the idea that if you can't do something perfectly, then doing it decently is no better than not doing it at all.

Comment author: Dolores1984 20 May 2012 12:06:19AM 0 points [-]

But would that be actually uglier than the status quo?

I don't know. It conceivably could be, and there would be no possibility of improving it, ever. I'm just saying it might be wise to have a better model before we commit to something for eternity.