Carinthium

• Carinthium 30 Sep 2011 22:44 UTC

  14 points

  0

  in reply to: Tom_McCabe2’s comment on: Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

  Clearly, however, some have been ‘screwed over’ less than others at the very least- there are large numbers of people for whom the dislikable alleles aren’t even noticed.

• Carinthium 24 Aug 2013 2:27 UTC

  10 points

  in reply to: Ben_LandauTaylor’s comment on: Less­wrong Philos­o­phy and Per­sonal Identity

  Let me draw an analogy for you. Suppose a world where free will existed. What do you expect to see?

  I’m not sure if this is actually true, but many philosophers would implicitly BELIEVE that only one out of the theories of personal identity makes sense due to flaws in the others- that one clearly represents what humans are. To answer your original question, if only one theory were true I would expect the others to have some sort of flaw or philosophical incoherence which makes them not make sense.

• Carinthium 3 Jun 2013 9:46 UTC

  9 points

  on: Does model the­ory [psy­chol­ogy] pre­dict any­thing? (book: “How We Rea­son” (2009))

  Does anybody actually make the daft claim that ordinary human reasoning follows patterns of formal logic? I’ve heard plenty of people make the claim that formal logic is the best way to reason properly (or at least that you should put your logic into valid argument claims), but nobody ever claiming that it fitted how humans generally operated.

• Carinthium 14 Nov 2010 1:51 UTC

  9 points

  in reply to: Eliezer Yudkowsky’s comment on: Out­side the Laboratory

  Shouldn’t that lead to at least some (if very poor) “testing” of rules over time? Some (such as taboos which strengthen social cohesion or which inadvertently help avoid dangerous behavior) would help the ground adapt, whilst others (which do neither) would be unlikely to continue.

• Carinthium 27 Jun 2014 9:28 UTC

  8 points

  in reply to: Emile’s comment on: Hap­piness and Children

  I can believe that that’s true for a significant portion of humanity- that they would choose to have children even knowing it would be bad for their happiness in the long run. It isn’t true for me, though, and there are large numbers of people for whom it isn’t (or else childlessness in the West wouldn’t have risen so much).

• Carinthium 8 Feb 2014 5:31 UTC

  8 points

  in reply to: Nornagest’s comment on: White Lies

  Improving my social skills is HARD. I could invest a massive effort into it if I tried, but I’m at university right now and my marks would take a nosedive. It’s not worth the price.

• Carinthium 6 Nov 2013 5:19 UTC

  8 points

  in reply to: ChrisHallquist’s comment on: Is the or­thog­o­nal­ity the­sis at odds with moral re­al­ism?

  The reaction to the supposed doctrine of the “Double Truth” illustrates this quite well, even if it’s not quite the right timeframe. This doctrine was supposed (though we don’t know if correctly) to be a doctrine that although reason dictated truths contrary to faith, people are obliged to believe on Faith anyway. It was supressed.

  What links here?

  • Jayson_Virissimo's comment on Is the or­thog­o­nal­ity the­sis at odds with moral re­al­ism? by ChrisHallquist (6 Nov 2013 6:41 UTC; 7 points)

• Carinthium 26 Nov 2010 5:48 UTC

  8 points

  in reply to: michael_vassar3’s comment on: Tra­di­tional Cap­i­tal­ist Values

  I’d very much like to see some of these comments for their perspective on things (as well as their credentials). Could you call them, please?

• Carinthium 23 Nov 2010 11:56 UTC

  8 points

  in reply to: Liz_W’s comment on: [Er­ror com­mu­ni­cat­ing with LW2 server]

  Most women don’t feel the pain of a history they never experienced- it is not an understandable bias for them to let empathy with said women interefere with their judgement.

• Carinthium 8 Feb 2014 5:32 UTC

  7 points

  on: White Lies

  Another thing I should note that it can simply be a matter of human preferences. I’m very uncomfortable with the idea of having any truely close relationship (lover or close friend) with somebody who would be willing to lie to me. I see no reason why other wants should somehow override this one.

• Carinthium 15 Dec 2010 0:07 UTC

  7 points

  on: One Chance (a short flash game)

  Isn’t a critical flaw in the game that the player has no reason to believe there is a countdown until the world ends?

• Carinthium 2 Dec 2010 2:22 UTC

  7 points

  in reply to: Aurini’s comment on: Tra­di­tional Cap­i­tal­ist Values

  1- Why should a good historical theory have an innate ’symmetry”?

  2- Since I haven’t seen the justifications for myself, could you actually link me to some of the relevant research?

  3- The U.S.S.R was not popular as of it’s overthrow, nor was the government it overthrew. North Korea was the sucessor state to Japanese rule of Korea, and thus did not (as far as I know) replace a popular government.

  4- If most people are too stupid to understand, you are presumably saying that it is the “elites” of Muslim societies who are responding based on exploitation. Post the Cold War, shouldn’t they have been smart enough to see it would happen less?

  Things which could be called exploitation in a broad sense exisited (troops guarding Mecca if I remember right, Israel, western-installed governments), but they should have realised that with the end of the Soviets it would be toned down. Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait was opposed by most of the Muslim world, so it wouldn’t count. (pointing out in case you argue that)

  EDIT:

  5- Come to think of it, individuals are probably no more free under a traditional Middle Eastern government then an American puppet. Presumably you are talking about the nationalist sense of freedom?

• Carinthium 13 Nov 2010 1:18 UTC

  7 points

  in reply to: GuySrinivasan’s comment on: Di­plo­macy as a Game The­ory Laboratory

  Just checking, but which type are we signing up for?

• Carinthium 14 Nov 2016 7:01 UTC

  6 points

  on: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is vi­o­lent by nature

  What is this even? I don’t get it.

• Carinthium 29 Nov 2010 0:44 UTC

  6 points

  on: Spring 1912: A New Heaven And A New Earth

  As the former Duchy of Venice is now ascending to Great Power status, it is my pleasure to announce it’s abolition. We are hereby taking up the title abandoned by the Austrian Emperors and henceforth declare the Holy Roman Empire!

  The Duchy of Venice will continue to exist in Venetia, but as a subordinate title. Also, it is worth pointing out that the Duchy of Italy covers the area commonly known as “Rome” and not the entire state.

  -Emperor Carinthium

• Carinthium 20 Nov 2010 11:15 UTC

  6 points

  in reply to: Emile’s comment on: Ra­tion­al­ity and be­ing child-free

  Do you have any actual evidence for it being the “right” thing to do?

• Carinthium 17 Nov 2010 4:09 UTC

  6 points

  on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 5

  How long until the next chapter is posted anyway?

• Carinthium 10 Nov 2010 22:33 UTC

  6 points

  on: In­tel­lec­tual Hip­sters and Meta-Contrarianism

  BTW, I’m not actually that intelligent (IQ about 92 or 96 if I remember right) but pretending to adopt a meta-contrarian position might be a useful social tactic for me. Any advice from those who know the area on how to use it?

• Carinthium 8 Feb 2014 4:58 UTC

  5 points

  on: White Lies

  I reject this idea for a fairly simple reason. I want to be in control of my own life and my own decisions, but due to lack of social skills I’m vulnerable to manipulation. Without a zero-tolerance policy on liars, I would rapidly be manipulated into losing what little control of my own life remains.

• Carinthium 3 Mar 2011 8:48 UTC

  5 points

  in reply to: JGWeissman’s comment on: Are You a Par­a­lyzed Subor­di­nate Mon­key?

  Hasn’t the very fanfic which introduced this idea pointed out that there are more ways of looking at an issue then just four?