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TGGP, I did write "possibly" ;-)

But my solution to the is-ought problem is that universe ought to be optimized to maximize my personal odds of persistence (MMPOOP) as a subjective, conscious entity. From my solipstic perspective, anything else would be absurd. Apparently empiricism and other contributing elements of the scientific method are the best currently available way to figure out how to optimize the universe to MMPOOP.

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Hopefully Anonymous, how do we discover moral truths empirically? Have you solved the is-ought problem?

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