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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by dudeman13 on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:24AM (#27865986)
It depends on your utility function, of course. Will flying to the moon or climbing a mountain bring you closer to the things you value?

The urge is a bug if it doesn't match the things you value. The urge is not a bug if it matches the things you value.

With some fat margin for uncertainty around 'matching the things you value' because that's hard to quantify.

Utility functions can have 'axiomatic values' in them. Not everything you value is deduced from underlying principles.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by hirako2000 on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:29AM (#27866455)
Try cocaine (saying this could be deleted by Google if it hosted this message)

And see for yourself whether we humans have bugs.

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