Indeed. The problem of making sure that you are maximizing the real entity you want to maximize , and not a proxy is roughly equivalent to the disproving solipsism, which, itself,is widely regarded as almost impossible,by philosophers. Realists tend to assume their way out of the quandary...but assumption isn’t proof. In other words, there is no proof that humans are maximizing (good stuff) , and not just (good stuff porn)
Indeed. The problem of making sure that you are maximizing the real entity you want to maximize , and not a proxy is roughly equivalent to the disproving solipsism, which, itself,is widely regarded as almost impossible,by philosophers. Realists tend to assume their way out of the quandary...but assumption isn’t proof. In other words, there is no proof that humans are maximizing (good stuff) , and not just (good stuff porn)