It would be awesome if we inhabited a world in which all virtue signaling had to be backed up by action. It would be a lot quieter, and Twitter would be full of more constructive discussions and pictures of dogs. (Pictures of cats are virtue signaling.)
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Even the dog part?
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Is is why I actually love things like the “Ice bucket challenge” or that “Harlem shake” nonsense, because it weaponises value signalling to raise money for charity. Look at meeeee being virtuous = actual $$$ for charity.
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I much prefer if the average person does not act on their moral values. Imagine billions of people choosing torture over dust specks: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3wYTFWY3LKQCnAptN/torture-vs-dust-specks …. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Leave effective altruism to genius billionaires and let the plebs signal.
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You're saying, evolution is a poor tool for a expanding circle of altruism. Our best means is virtue signalling? A positive spin on virtue signalling.
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