You seem to want to look at oughts while not knowing what is. Oughts are limited to the possible and knowing what is possible can only happen by understanding what is and why it is. Understanding human nature then is the first critical task, and to do that requires a good understanding of evolution since humans evolved. This has been my work for several decades and I am still hoping that folks in your movement will see value in it instead of wandering in a vast intellectual wasteland wearing blindfolds and talking about how great it would be if you could direct humanity to the Great Lakes.
I not sure I understand your argument. Could you help me out with some examples of:
Effective Altruists “wandering in a vast intellectual wasteland wearing blindfolds and talking about how great it would be if you could direct humanity to the Great Lakes”
How an understanding of human evolution would help us to find out what we ought to do.
You seem to want to look at oughts while not knowing what is. Oughts are limited to the possible and knowing what is possible can only happen by understanding what is and why it is. Understanding human nature then is the first critical task, and to do that requires a good understanding of evolution since humans evolved. This has been my work for several decades and I am still hoping that folks in your movement will see value in it instead of wandering in a vast intellectual wasteland wearing blindfolds and talking about how great it would be if you could direct humanity to the Great Lakes.
I not sure I understand your argument. Could you help me out with some examples of:
Effective Altruists “wandering in a vast intellectual wasteland wearing blindfolds and talking about how great it would be if you could direct humanity to the Great Lakes”
How an understanding of human evolution would help us to find out what we ought to do.