[ExI] 1DIQ: an IQ metaphor to explain superintelligence

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 01/11/2025 21:42, Jason Resch asked, and Ben answered:
>> Do you not believe in objective truth?
>
>      No.

Ok, that's probably too simplistic, and needs explaining.

I don't think there is such a thing as /absolute/ truth, is a better way 
of putting it. Obviously there are 'objective truths', as John pointed 
out with his example of a bridge falling down or not.

> consider the objective truths for statements such as "it is right to do X" or "it is wrong to do Y". If there are objective truths, these extend to an objective morality. There would be an objective truth to what action is best (even if we lack the computational capacity to determine it).


Statements like that can't be 'objectively true', because they are not 
about objective things. Right and Wrong are concepts in human minds, not 
things that exist in themselves. If there were no people, there would be 
no right and wrong. No morality. 'Objective morality' is an oxymoron, 
just as 'objective beauty' or 'objective jealousy' are. These are all 
things that don't exist without subjective experience.

-- 
Ben