jimrandomh comments on Hacking the CEV for Fun and Profit - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jimrandomh 20 August 2010 01:19:50PM 1 point [-]

Does this imply that someone could gain measure, by finding a simpler entity with volition similar to theirs and self-modifying into it or otherwise instantiating it? If so, wouldn't that encourage people to gamble with their sanity, since verifying similarity of volition is hard, and gets harder the greater the degree of simplification?

Comment author: PaulAlmond 21 August 2010 12:30:55AM 0 points [-]

I think I know what you are asking here, but I want to be sure. Could you elaborate, maybe with an example?