Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Suffering - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Tiiba 03 August 2009 04:02PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 August 2009 02:56:46AM 2 points [-]

Was it okay to kill the Indians back in the 1700s, before they got guns?

No, cryonic suspension wasn't available back then, and a headshot would have prevented it in any case. In general, murder strikes me as a very dangerous activity - I can see why it's outlawed.

Comment author: bentarm 07 November 2010 10:34:19PM *  2 points [-]

Was it okay to kill the Indians back in the 1700s, before they got guns?

No, cryonic suspension wasn't available back then

Erm... so it's ok to kill people as long as you cryonically suspend them afterwards? I've no idea if you actually believe this (I assume not, or you would probably have committed suicide), but even joking about it seems to be very bad politics if you're a cryonics advocate.