Slate Star Codex
Overheard In The Box, Part II
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Mike humorously recounts grounding morality in IHOP's waffles after a meta-ethics discussion, highlighting the challenges in reaching agreement on such topics.
Summary from Read Scott Alexander; separate from the original essay.Mike: I think the last time I had this discussion, I decided to ground morality with waffles.
Alicorn: What?
Mike: I was in an IHOP with my friend from college, and we were talking about meta-ethics, and we couldn’t reach agreement, and then as we were leaving we saw a big sign saying “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT GOOD IS UNTIL YOU’VE TRIED OUR WAFFLES”. So we thought, yeah, okay, that explains that.
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