In response to comment by Roko on Nonparametric Ethics
Comment author: Annoyance 20 June 2009 05:03:47PM 0 points [-]

Basically, this thing is a big mess, philosophically and computationally.

The best summation of the topic I've yet come across.

Comment author: ChrisDavoren 21 June 2009 07:41:21AM 3 points [-]

Yes, you're very intelligent. Please expand.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 18 June 2009 09:36:57AM 0 points [-]

That really seems like a bad combination. You are, it seems to me, trying to combine two opposed techniques without any real synthesis.

Comment author: ChrisDavoren 18 June 2009 12:27:14PM 2 points [-]

I think you've been voted down because your comment may be seen as unsubstantiated, as well as needlessly critical. Perhaps you'd care to elaborate?

Comment author: JamesCole 15 June 2009 01:36:26AM 1 point [-]

I doubt those kings can be killed. I think victory against them comes more from inserting layers of suppression between them and action, to modulate and reduce their power. You might be able to think of those layers as governmental machinery.

Comment author: ChrisDavoren 15 June 2009 09:54:25PM 1 point [-]

Not sure why this was downvoted - I think it's fairly well evidenced that the kings have an infinite number of clones, if they aren't actually "unkillable".

The governmental machinery analogy appeals to me as well - on the face of it, one might see this as some benevolent force of mediation and control. In reality, however, the human mind seems to function with all the bureaucratic inefficiency and politicking one would expect of an actual government.