Um, what standard of significance are you using here? Yes, humans are extremely similar compared to the vastness of that which is possible, but that doesn’t mean the remaining difference isn’t ridiculously important.
Um, what standard of significance are you using here?
The standard implied by the remark I was commenting on. Literally not caring about other people seems like something you may believe about yourself, but which can’t be true.
The standard implied by the remark I was commenting on.
I read the original post as being about the ordinary human domain, implying an ordinary human-relative standard of significance.
Literally not caring about other people seems like something you may believe about yourself, but which can’t be true.
This is ambiguous in two ways: which other people (few or all), and what sort of valuation (subjunctive revealed preference, some construal of reflective equilibrium)? I suppose it’s plausible that for every person, some appeal to empathy would sincerely motivate that person.
Um, what standard of significance are you using here? Yes, humans are extremely similar compared to the vastness of that which is possible, but that doesn’t mean the remaining difference isn’t ridiculously important.
The standard implied by the remark I was commenting on. Literally not caring about other people seems like something you may believe about yourself, but which can’t be true.
I read the original post as being about the ordinary human domain, implying an ordinary human-relative standard of significance.
This is ambiguous in two ways: which other people (few or all), and what sort of valuation (subjunctive revealed preference, some construal of reflective equilibrium)? I suppose it’s plausible that for every person, some appeal to empathy would sincerely motivate that person.