Vladimir_Nesov comments on Is it rational to be religious? Simulations are required for answer. - Less Wrong

-13 Post author: Aleksei_Riikonen 11 August 2010 03:20PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 12 August 2010 04:26:24PM 0 points [-]

If you don't know the argument it's irrational to call it wrong.

Your conclusion is wrong, therefore the argument must be wrong as well.

Comment author: nawitus 12 August 2010 06:21:28PM -1 points [-]

And you don't provide any arguments for your claim either..

Okay, here's one: Even with time-continuos self, humans value other people, even though they personally experience anything other peope do. There's some (moral) value in other persons. Maybe people value themselves more, but that's not even relevant to the argument. So, if time-continuos self doesn't exist, people will value their future selfs as much as any other persons, which is atleast more than nothing.

Of course, this assumes that such a person does value other people. May not apply to every single person.