From: Dan Fabulich (dfab@cinenet.net)
Date: Tue Jan 21 1997 - 18:50:52 MST
Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:
> Seriously, I think we need to distinguish between Good and Evil in the
> ethical sense, and memetic good and bad in the evolutionary sense, and
> perceived "Good" and "Evil" in the moral sense. What if a meme is a
> very evil thing, but survives well while being morally ambiguous to the
> majority of the population? Different axes, folks.
Good point. I propose to reserve "good" and "bad" for those who wish
to make moral judgements, using "strong" and "weak" to represent a
given meme's ability to propagate.
-He who laughs last thinks slowest-
dAN
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