does anyone have any good links to readings on why emotions matter? I don't think I need to learn, but I want a reference to be able to point to in the future.
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IDIC, however, is a viable moral path and one I follow as best I can. What’s really funny here is Roddenberry invented it *solely to sell IDIC merch*.
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*sniffle* that's beautiful
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I think this is resting on bad definitions of "reason" and "emotion/aesthetics".
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maybe! but i would have to suspect that definitions of "reason" and "emotion/aesthetics" that it couldn't rest on would be less "good" and more "purpose-developed jargon that places reason in a supreme position in a mere obscure technical sense"
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A value function doesn't have to be emotional. Or at least, it doesn't need emotion to function or to propagate itself; it might need emotion to come into being in the first place, but that could be generations ago.
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not that operationally interesting until we have agents who can execute on value functions non-trivially, and it doesn't change anything about rationality; it still reduces to an arational "because i said so", but labeled "value function" not "emotive judgment"
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and this isn't saying that you should ditch rationality or always go with raw emotional snap judgement, just be aware when emotion has informed the weighting of your reasoning.
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and this also isn't to say that "x is based in emotion and therefore suspect when not entirely invalid". We are humans, humans have feelings, and it's entirely valid (indeed, necessary) to have the best feelings we can about life and existence.
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"There would be no motivation to do" This has been tested via brain injury. Human who become Spock indeed cannot make decisions. They can tell you all the pros and cons, but that doesn't help. Zero motivation.
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