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What if it don't? How can we valuate an uncertainty? Where is the systematic evidence? Most Nazi human experiments were just atrocities without scientific valu
by lobocinza 5y ago
What if it don't? How can we valuate an uncertainty? Where is the systematic evidence?
Most Nazi human experiments were just atrocities without scientific value but the Dachau hypothermia valuable data. Is that justified? https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199005173222006 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199005173222006
Personally I don't thinks these questions have good answers and thus I think we (as society) should adopt a values first mode while critically reflecting about where our values will lead us. I understand the consequentialist appeal but it's deeply flawed as expectations are made up and it's just too easy to justify anything.
What worries me about Neuralink is that I don't think the experiments are motivated by base research or will benefit humankind or any kind besides Musk and his partners. It's a private company based on hype. Best case scenario it's just propaganda.
- walkhour 5y agoI agree with you these arguments can be used to justify atrocities. Actually they can be used to justify atrocities arbitrarily large as long as you find enough people that you think are being benefitted. However I don't think they should be entirely dismissed. Specially if at some point the weight on each side of the balance differs by enough orders of magnitude.