Convergent evolution of values
(warning: this page is especially crazy)
multiplicative process => log-resource utility function
i think there can be lots of similar, robust phenomena like this, for evolved organisms. so in terms of six plausible meta-ethical alternatives, there can be some features that are just "baked in" to many diverse kinds of organisms (like getting bored of a single kind of resource!).
"How convergent is human-style compassion for the suffering of others, including other species? Is this an incidental spandrel of human evolution, due to mirror neurons and long infant-development durations requiring lots of parental nurturing? Or will most high-functioning, reciprocally trading civilizations show a similar trend?" https://foundational-research.org/open-research-questions/#Aliens
see also paul's post about aliens.
it seems notable that in "three worlds collide", all three civilizations were more or less "civilized" by our standards!
truth-seeking seems like a convergent value for highly intelligent/advanced organisms.
how could convergence arise?
- causal processes that convergently produce the same ethical code
- some sort of acausal law / moral code written deeply in logic somewhere (like The Hour I First Believed)
