tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post4359358878452892363..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: A placeholderRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-42446335483415332832011-01-20T12:03:03.815+11:002011-01-20T12:03:03.815+11:00I think I already know your answer: there is no ev...I think I already know your answer: there is no evidence that "well being is actually what people care about."<br /><br />But well-being is so incredibly broadly construed- the only positive statement I see Harris taking a stand on is that it's about the change in experience of conscious creatures.<br /><br />And I think there really is evidence for culture-transcendent facts that people really do care about- there is an aversion to famine, a desire for a minimally stimulative environment so as to preserve fundamental mental health. etc. etc. and variation, such as the taliban disagreeing, is still something an underlying objectivity can account for.<br /><br />Just like weather, which is always different in different places, sometimes even from one hour to the next, there are still lawful rules beneath the patters- the water cycle, the atmosphere etc that account for the variation.<br /><br />I think a reference to this kind of complexity does much to absorb what would be counterpoints to Harris' argument.josef johannhttp://josefjohann.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-48746364215327177312011-01-20T10:24:56.651+11:002011-01-20T10:24:56.651+11:00Not many people actually get banned here. It usual...Not many people actually get banned here. It usually takes rather more than mere disagreement (e.g. a record of getting too personal; I'm not interested in comments on my allegedly bad character, narrow life experience, suspect motivations, lack of credibility, or whatever).<br /><br />In fact, the last person more or less declared himself banned. He's still welcome to comment here as far as I'm concerned.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-71348827496617136692011-01-20T10:08:46.193+11:002011-01-20T10:08:46.193+11:00Mr. Blackford, just wanted to say thanks for actua...Mr. Blackford, just wanted to say thanks for actually approving my rather blunt comments. Since I am in full realization that you could not have. So anywho, thanks.Dimitrihttp://deafeningsilence-dimitri.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com