Timothy Lee: 'Better' is a question of values, not intelligence
binarybits · x · 2026-11-15
In a discussion with Raemon777, Timothy Lee argues that "better" is fundamentally a question of values, which ultimately must come from other people — not a technical question where being smarter yields better answers.
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