Using that defintion, morality isn't as absolute as physical reality.
Again, as I said, under your definition of absolute, which is that reality is absolute, I agree with your disapproval of my belief in absolute morality since morality is of a different quality than reality.
Our physical reality appears to be the common context that everything shares within our universe.
Your definition of absolute is plausible, but I do not share it. I think that mental phenomena exist independently from the physical world.
What makes me believe it? If I believe that mental phenomena vanish without the natural world, I could equally believe that the natural phenomena vanish without my mind (or "mental world"). To believe that one provides the context for the other is, I believe, an arbitrary choice. Therefore, I believe in their independent existence.
Concerning God. For many people, the God hypothesis is more than just to believe that the universe is created by some distant creator who does nothing else. God also intervenes into the world. So it is possible to test God's existence empirically. And for many Christians, this is apparently happening. Spend enough time with them, and they will tell you fantastic stories.
Personally, I don't believe in God.
Again, as I said, under your definition of absolute, which is that reality is absolute, I agree with your disapproval of my belief in absolute morality since morality is of a different quality than reality.
We are not connecting entirely on these points. I have in fact claimed explicitly that nothing is "absolute". I also said in my previous post:
Also, I've actually argued that nothing is absolute for a specific meaning of absolute, so I'm not inclined to now argue that physical reality is absolute.
So I'm surprised that this point did not c...
Level 1: Algorithm-based Intelligence
An intelligence of level 1 acts on innate algorithms, like a bacterium that survives using inherited mechanisms.
Level 2: Goal-oriented Intelligence
An intelligence of level 2 has an innate goal. It develops and finds new algorithms to solve a problem. For example, the paperclip maximizer is a level-2 intelligence.
Level 3: Philosophical Intelligence
An intelligence of level 3 has neither any preset algorithms nor goals. It looks for goals and algorithms to achieve the goal. Ethical questions are only applicable to intelligence of level 3.