Perplexed comments on Value Deathism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 19 December 2010 03:11:19PM *  -1 points [-]

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties.

Then lets make sure not to hire the guy as an FAI programmer.

Don't joke, it's serious business. What do you believe on the matter?

I am not the person who initiated this joke. Why did you mention God? If you don't care for discounting, what is your solution to the very standard puzzles regarding unbounded utilities and infinitely remote planning horizons?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 19 December 2010 03:20:09PM 2 points [-]

I am not the person who initiated this joke. Why did you mention God?

Einstein mentioned God, as a stand-in for Nature.

If you don't care for discounting, what is your solution to the very standard puzzles regarding unbounded utilities and infinitely remote planning horizons?

I didn't say I don't care for discounting. I said that I believe that we must be uncertain about this question. That I don't have solutions doesn't mean I must discard the questions as answered negatively.

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