JGWeissman comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 11 June 2010 01:14:48AM 1 point [-]

The simulation could provide an afterlife.

But I don't see why we would want our CEV to include a random sample of possible aliens. If, when we encounter aliens, we find that we care about their values, we can run a CEV on them at that time.

Comment author: Alicorn 11 June 2010 02:20:16AM 2 points [-]

The simulation could provide an afterlife.

This possibility may be the strongest source of probability mass for an afterlife for us.