I’m insulted (not in an emotional way! I just want to state my strong personal objection!). Many of us challenge the notion of “progress” being possible or even desirable on topics like Torture vs Specks. And while I’ve still much to learn, there are people like Konkvistador, who’s IMO quite adept at resisting the lure of naive utilitarianism and can put a “small-c conservative” (meaning not ideologically conservative, but technically so) approach to metaethics to good use.
Oh I would agree progress here is questionable, but I agree with Grognor in the sense of LessWrong, at least in top level posts isn’t as intellectually productive as it could be. Worse it seems to be a rather closed thing, unwilling to update on information from outside.
I’m insulted (not in an emotional way! I just want to state my strong personal objection!). Many of us challenge the notion of “progress” being possible or even desirable on topics like Torture vs Specks. And while I’ve still much to learn, there are people like Konkvistador, who’s IMO quite adept at resisting the lure of naive utilitarianism and can put a “small-c conservative” (meaning not ideologically conservative, but technically so) approach to metaethics to good use.
Oh I would agree progress here is questionable, but I agree with Grognor in the sense of LessWrong, at least in top level posts isn’t as intellectually productive as it could be. Worse it seems to be a rather closed thing, unwilling to update on information from outside.