[FRIAM] on stupidity
Steven A Smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Sat Feb 15 14:41:09 EST 2020
Marcus -
> < I tend to agree with your intuition that something that seems
> egregiously "stupid" might well simply be registered in a different
> basis space... or more aptly "a different value system". >
>
> Indeed, like a provincial value system. One that optimizes for local interests in ignorance or indifference to interests of anyone else. Even if the magnitude of their eigenvalue is tiny by comparison.
I think I am arguing for recognizing /parochial/ (qualitative) as well
as /provincial (quantitative) /scoping errors.
This article
<http://www.ethicsdefined.org/the-problem-with-morality/conservatives-vs-liberals/>
is not the precise argument I am looking for, but it does generally
reflect one that I encountered a few years ago which I think suggested
that not only do Conservatives hold Authority/Ingroup/Purity *higher*
than Fairness and a very close 2nd,3rd,4th to Harm, but that they tend
to experience Authority/Ingroup/Purity as something more like
Loyalty/Honor. Both this article and the line of argument I can't
precisely remember/find seemed to suggest that Liberals ethics were
*simpler* than Conservatives which I think is vaguely specious?
<http://www.ethicsdefined.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Lib_VS_Cons.png>
http://www.ethicsdefined.org/the-problem-with-morality/conservatives-vs-liberals/
- Steve
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