If you believe that there is any kind of stone tablet in the fabric of the universe, in the nature of reality, in the structure of logic—anywhere you care to put it—then what if you get a chance to read that stone tablet, and it turns out to say “Pain Is Good”? What then?
Well, Eliezer, since I can’t say it as eloquently as you:
“Embrace reality. Hug it tight.”
“It is always best to think of reality as perfectly normal. Since the beginning, not one unusual thing has ever happened.”
If we find that Stone Tablet, we adjust our model accordingly.
Well, Eliezer, since I can’t say it as eloquently as you:
“Embrace reality. Hug it tight.”
“It is always best to think of reality as perfectly normal. Since the beginning, not one unusual thing has ever happened.”
If we find that Stone Tablet, we adjust our model accordingly.