zero_call comments on A Much Better Life? - Less Wrong

61 Post author: Psychohistorian 03 February 2010 08:01PM

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Comment author: knb 03 February 2010 08:27:18PM *  19 points [-]

If Gamma and Omega are really so mystified by why humans don't jack into the matrix, that implies that they themselves have values that make them want to jack into the matrix. They clearly haven't jacked in, so the question becomes "Why?".

If they haven't jacked in due to their own desire to pursue the "greater good", then surely they could see why humans might prefer the real world.

Comment author: zero_call 04 February 2010 08:48:19AM 1 point [-]

This second point doesn't really follow. They're trying to help other people in what they perceive to be a much more substantial/complete way than ordinary, hence justifying their special necessity not to jack themselves in.