This Goodness of Reality hypothesis is a very strong empirical claim about psychology that strongly contradicts folk psychology,
One way of thinking about the Goodness of Reality hypothesis is that if we look at an agent in the world, its world model and utility function/preferences are fully a property of that agent/its internals rather than reality-at-large. Reality is value-neutral—it requires additional structure (utility function, etc.) to assign value to states of reality (and these utility functions, to the extent that they’re real, are parts of reality itself).
Also, from the 0th-person perspective/POV of awareness, via meditation practices, one can observe how value judgments are being constructed and go “beyond” value judgments about reality.
Nitpick: Is reality “Good” or is it beyond good and … evil?
One way of thinking about the Goodness of Reality hypothesis is that if we look at an agent in the world, its world model and utility function/preferences are fully a property of that agent/its internals rather than reality-at-large. Reality is value-neutral—it requires additional structure (utility function, etc.) to assign value to states of reality (and these utility functions, to the extent that they’re real, are parts of reality itself).
Also, from the 0th-person perspective/POV of awareness, via meditation practices, one can observe how value judgments are being constructed and go “beyond” value judgments about reality.
Nitpick: Is reality “Good” or is it beyond good and … evil?