whpearson comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Yvain 16 April 2011 01:06AM

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Comment author: whpearson 20 April 2011 02:18:34PM 3 points [-]

Is the emotion the same if someone made a sufficiently detailed scan of it before they burnt it?

Comment author: ciphergoth 20 April 2011 09:38:05PM *  3 points [-]

If it's detailed enough that sufficiently advanced technology could rebuild it indistinguishably, I'm happy. I'm curious how other people feel about this!