PhilGoetz comments on Simplified Humanism, Positive Futurism & How to Prevent the Universe From Being Turned Into Paper Clips - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 28 July 2010 08:40:27PM 1 point [-]

No - expected value is important. If many successful FAI scenarios could result in negative value, then zero value (universal extinction) would be better.

We should put some thought into whether a negative-value universe is plausible, and what it would look like.