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Why is it that Bioethics, as a field, doesn't look like a bunch of (less smart) Bostroms, weighing tradeoffs and steering towards overall good outcomes, but instead looks like a bunch of people promoting harmful polices in the name of morality?
Why is it that Bioethics, as a field, doesn't look like a bunch of (less smart) Bostroms, weighing tradeoffs and steering towards overall good outcomes, but instead looks like a bunch of people promoting harmful polices in the name of morality?
https://twitter.com/EpistemicHope/status/1340866513473978369
@yashkaf Also, this is a good example of the virtue of humorlessness. @JeffLadish asked a (mostly?) joke question, but I reflexively took it seriously.
Which led me to actually think about, and, I think, attain some new insight about the world.
Which led me to actually think about, and, I think, attain some new insight about the world.
I do, dispositional, process all questions literally, even when I know that they are ironic or phatic.
That's not to say that this kind of investigation precludes humor, or vice versa. Probably there is some better synthesis. But also, this attitude is adaptive.
That's not to say that this kind of investigation precludes humor, or vice versa. Probably there is some better synthesis. But also, this attitude is adaptive.
I think you probably already know this, but it seems like a good example.
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