Instead of pushing Phil to accept the entirety of your position at once, it seems better to introduce some doubt first: Is it really very hard to do better than to just not interfere? If I have other values besides evolution, should I give them up so quickly?
Also, if Phil has already thought a lot about these questions and thinks he is justified in being pretty certain about his answers, then I’d be genuinely curious what his reasons are.
Instead of pushing Phil to accept the entirety of your position at once, it seems better to introduce some doubt first: Is it really very hard to do better than to just not interfere? If I have other values besides evolution, should I give them up so quickly?
Also, if Phil has already thought a lot about these questions and thinks he is justified in being pretty certain about his answers, then I’d be genuinely curious what his reasons are.
I misread the nesting, and responded as though your comment were a critique of CEV, rather than Phil’s objection to CEV. So I talked a bit past you.