I take this a step further. I say that frontier14′s opinion holds more sway than frontier!24′s opinion. Frontier!14 has less information, but his mind is significantly more facile. Almost every single person drops iq points as they age. If in the intervening years I haven’t gained any new information which refutes the reason underlying frontier!14′s goals then I should on the whole trust his analysis over mine. Which is what I do.
This is more so an argument that it’s rational to respect your past convictions, rather than that it’s ethical to do so.
I think you’ll find that this community will be very opposed to respecting the past because they are largely fans of hedonism. Honoring past obligations made to one self is kind of the polar opposite of hedonistic pleasure seeking behavior.
I take this a step further. I say that frontier14′s opinion holds more sway than frontier!24′s opinion. Frontier!14 has less information, but his mind is significantly more facile. Almost every single person drops iq points as they age. If in the intervening years I haven’t gained any new information which refutes the reason underlying frontier!14′s goals then I should on the whole trust his analysis over mine. Which is what I do.
This is more so an argument that it’s rational to respect your past convictions, rather than that it’s ethical to do so.
I think you’ll find that this community will be very opposed to respecting the past because they are largely fans of hedonism. Honoring past obligations made to one self is kind of the polar opposite of hedonistic pleasure seeking behavior.