From: Wei Dai (weidai@eskimo.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 22:58:46 MDT
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:43:01PM -0400, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> If you really think that racial profiling and gender bias are just
> "interesting moral problems", then let's drop it and move onto something
> more constructive. Most of us aren't interested.
I said that I am interested in the moral problem, not that they are just
interesting moral problems. Obviously these problems are very important in
the real world. On the other hand, those of us not immediately faced with
the problems can still have a philosophical interest in them.
If you're not interested in examining the philosophical foundations and
implications of the Extropian principles, fine, but is it really so bad to
have to endure the conversation of those who are?
> Why not work on real problems and real solutions?
Have you read Eliezer's paper on Friendly AI, where he talks about how
Friendliness will have to be based on a consistent moral philosophy? It's
quite possible that some of the most important real problems *are* the
philosophical ones.
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