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

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Comment author: MugaSofer 24 January 2013 11:13:30AM -2 points [-]

Why would CEV operate on humans that do exist, and not on humans that could exist?

Because for every possible human mind, there's one with the sign flipped on it's utility function. Unless your definition of "human" describes their utility function, in which case ...