I sympathize with the feeling of alienation and confusion when something valuable gets downvoted.I try not to learn too much from small karma amounts—there’s enough inconsistency in what different groups of readers seem to want that it’s easier to post mostly for my own amusement.
I don’t agree that it’s all that controversial that “copy an overall-positive-value population distribution” is positive. The second half of the repugnant conclusion (that adjusting satisfaction toward the average is non-negative) is somewhat disputed, but wasn’t suggested here.
I also don’t think that was the post’s main point, so even if I disagreed, I’d be sure to call out that I agree with his main point and only want to clarify this side-implication.
I sympathize with the feeling of alienation and confusion when something valuable gets downvoted.I try not to learn too much from small karma amounts—there’s enough inconsistency in what different groups of readers seem to want that it’s easier to post mostly for my own amusement.
I don’t agree that it’s all that controversial that “copy an overall-positive-value population distribution” is positive. The second half of the repugnant conclusion (that adjusting satisfaction toward the average is non-negative) is somewhat disputed, but wasn’t suggested here.
I also don’t think that was the post’s main point, so even if I disagreed, I’d be sure to call out that I agree with his main point and only want to clarify this side-implication.