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Does novel understanding imply novel agency / values?

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To have large relevant effects on the world, a mind has to understand a lot about the world. The mind has to have a lot of the structure of...

Does novel understanding imply novel agency / values? October 17, 2022 To have large relevant effects on the world, a mind has to understand a lot about the world. The mind has to have a lot of the structure of the cosmos (the entirety of the world, in any aspect or abstraction) highly accessible to itself for use in skillful action. To understand a lot about the world, the mind has to gain a lot of understanding that it didn't have previously. When a mind gains understanding, that's a change in the mind. Does that change have to include a change to the values of the mind? 1. Terms 2. Reasons

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