What I was trying to say was that if optimal behavior on PH-style problems is selected for, and if IP is indeed analogous to PH (with respecting IP rights equivalent to paying Omega), then why hasn’t evolution resulted in everyone having the moral intuition to respect IP rights? I suppose the obvious retort is that evolution is slow and hasn’t had time to catch up with internet-era IP issues… although I’m not really clear here on whether we’re talking about genetic or memetic evolution… I guess I’m not really sure what I’m trying to say.… I think I’m just gonna have to revert to my original reaction, which is that PH is just not an effective intuition pump for IP, hence the confusion.
What I was trying to say was that if optimal behavior on PH-style problems is selected for, and if IP is indeed analogous to PH (with respecting IP rights equivalent to paying Omega), then why hasn’t evolution resulted in everyone having the moral intuition to respect IP rights? I suppose the obvious retort is that evolution is slow and hasn’t had time to catch up with internet-era IP issues… although I’m not really clear here on whether we’re talking about genetic or memetic evolution… I guess I’m not really sure what I’m trying to say.… I think I’m just gonna have to revert to my original reaction, which is that PH is just not an effective intuition pump for IP, hence the confusion.