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I pointed out a circularity in #1655. Instead of resolving the circularity, you posted another idea repeating the same circularity. That makes no sense.
Even if I was somehow mistaken about there being a circularity, repeating the same idea doesn’t correct that.
Please read the discussion ‘How Does Veritula Work?’ in its entirety before continuing here.
For example, if your core value is that non‑coercion […]
There’s a word missing. Presumably ‘of’.
My dictionary app says for ‘statement’ (bold emphasis mine):
the expression of an idea or opinion through something other than words: their humorous kitschiness makes a statement of serious wealth.
That’s the opposite of what you mean. Another reason not to introduce new terms.
Statements are just that: statements. My dictionary app says a statement is (among other things) “a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing”.
Some written words on a page or recordings of a voice don’t by themselves produce feelings. Expressions don’t produce feelings. If they’re just sitting on a page, they’re not even inside a mind where they could produce feelings.
A poem might move you to tears but it’s not literally the written words that move you to tears. It’s some knowledge inside you that does.
Statements can also produce feelings.
I don’t think statements produce feelings. I think values produce feelings, regardless of whether those values are held consciously or unconsciously, explicitly or inexplicitly:
Emotions are produced by man's [value] premises, held consciously or subconsciously, explicitly or implicitly.
By the way, I wonder if this is where Deutsch got the different categories. He’s read Rand.
Unlike Intuitions, Drives carry the sense of a deep compulsion […]
‘Compulsion’ has a negative meaning. I don’t think Deutsch means ‘unconscious’ in a negative way. For him, it’s a neutral label.
Similarly, it’s likely that because certain people prevented the means of error correction through history we are not immortal and exploring the stars by now.
Replace ‘through’ with ‘throughout’.
Overall, you’d benefit from running your post through a tool like Grammarly. It will point out mistakes around grammar, punctuation, spelling etc and help you fix them.
Similarly, it’s likely that because certain people prevented the means of error correction through history we are not immortal and exploring the stars by now.
You got that from Deutsch. Just quote the corresponding passage from BoI chapter 9:
[I]f any of those earlier experiments in optimism had succeeded, our species would be exploring the stars by now, and you and I would be immortal.
As I recall, though, he published an erratum on the BoI website about this passage. Might be worth looking into.
Similarly, it’s likely that because certain people prevented the means of error correction through history we are not immortal and exploring the stars by now.
I don’t think that’s a valid use of the word ‘likely’. This quote isn’t about the probability calculus. I’d use the word ‘plausible’ instead.
I'd even go so far to say not wanting to be a billionaire is wrong.
Add ‘as’ after ‘far’. Add ‘that’ after ‘say’.
Some people claim that the fact that billionaires exist is immoral.
The part ‘that the fact that’ sounds awkward. Just say ‘Some people claim billionaires shouldn’t exist.’
Such as death being the only reason that life is “precious” (there are other great reasons).
The word ‘other’ implies that death is a great reason.
It can also be immoral if the invested resources could have led to a greater error correction.
Remove the word ‘a’.
As more people consume short-form video content and realistic AI image and video generation becomes possible demand for this kind of software is exploding.
Add hyphen between ‘AI’ and ‘image’. Add comma after ‘possible’. Replace ‘is exploding’ with ‘explodes’.
(Peter Thiel famously proclaimed this in his book Zero to One).
Book titles are commonly italicized.
Building another AI headshot app wouldn’t be a great idea if the demand for AI headshots would be shrinking rapidly.
If the demand were shrinking, not ‘would be’.
(Peter Thiel famously proclaimed this in his book Zero to One).
Period should go inside the parentheses.
In a demand constrained market—yes.
Add hyphen between ‘demand’ and ‘constrained’.
The most fundamental tenant of morality is to not remove the means of problem-solving and error correction.
Tenet, not tenant. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/tenant-vs-tenet-difference-usage