I. INTRODUCTION
The physiological experience of fear is an interesting area for inquiry because of how these physical effects come to influence our decision making. I will start by saying that these are very personal notes that are much too raw to be seen as a formal paper or argument. I am choosing to share them here because I think they could be fertile soil for an interesting conversation about epistemology.
The Experiment:
In 2018 I had made a new year's resolution to run four times a week, because of work scheduling my run would most often be in the evening. After sticking with the resolution for a few nights I began to consider a... (read 1789 more words →)
Raemon,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts here. I have a particular interest in the philosophy of aesthetics and always get excited when people are willing to wade into the tricky territory of the subject.
Two questions for you:
1: In your suggested "knobs to turn" you made a distinction between the beautiful and the distasteful, are these two ends of a spectrum or are these different things?
2: In your examples there seem to be an inherent tie between aesthetics and ethical claims. What I mean by this more clearly is there is a connection between what you are describing as aesthetically good and "the good" (not a bad thing, you are in great company with that stance). In the view presented are these things separate? Can they be? Can something be beautiful, but ethically bad?
I'm new to the Lesswrong space so excuse my ignorance if these points have been touched upon by you or others in previous posts.