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26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 September 2009 06:31PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 March 2014 01:58:46PM 0 points [-]

Hmmm.

I will have to mull on that, but let me leave with a mote of explanation:

The reasoning strategy I used to arrive at this conclusion was similar to the one used in concluding that "every possible human exists in paralell universes, so we need not make more humans, but more humans feeling good."

Comment author: Jiro 11 March 2014 02:53:03PM 1 point [-]

Doesn't every possible human-feeling-good also exist in parallel universes?

(And if you argue that although they exist you can increase their measure, that applies to the every-possible-human version as well.)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 March 2014 08:36:07PM *  0 points [-]

Sure, but I will quote Karkat Vantas on time-travel shenanigans from Andrew Hussie's Homestuck

CCG: EVERYBODY, DID YOU HEAR THAT?? SUPERFUTURE VRISKA HAS AN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON FOR US ALL.
CCG: WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR PRESENT RESPONSIBILIES AND OBLIGATIONS!
CCG: BECAUSE AS IT TURNS OUT, IN THE FUTURE ALL THAT STUFF ALREADY HAPPENED. WE'RE OFF THE FUCKING HOOK!