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Sorting Pebbles Into Correct Heaps - A Short Story By Eliezer Yudkowsky

Sorting Pebbles Into Correct Heaps is a short story published by Eliezer Yudkowsky in the year 2008. It is about... what is it about again?

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  • This was a really awesome story. For those who are confused, it's pointing to the fact that our moral goals are ultimately subjective, and we hold that harm to others is bad only because we agree that it's bad

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  • mike875531 said:
    This was a really awesome story. For those who are confused, it's pointing to the fact that our moral goals are ultimately subjective, and we hold that harm to others is bad only because we agree that it's bad

    yes, killing people is good in my subjective morals

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  • To anyone confused on what makes a heap "correct", it's prime numbers. It has to be a prime number to be "correct".

    EDIT: 91 is not a "correct heap"/prime because it has the factors 7 and 13.

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