TimFreeman comments on The Aliens have Landed! - Less Wrong

33 Post author: TimFreeman 19 May 2011 05:09PM

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Comment author: TimFreeman 20 May 2011 09:54:48PM 2 points [-]

Why exactly is Fred changing his preferences?

As he said, his concerns about the simulated people interfere with his sleep. More abstractly, he has preferences that attract his attention even though he cannot act upon them, so he is thinking about getting rid of them.

Comment author: DanielLC 20 May 2011 10:33:56PM 0 points [-]

He can try to raise awareness. He can try to do something to keep the remaining spheres from breaking.

Also, I got the impression that you were implying we should change our preferences like that. I haven't lost any sleep to this issue, so it wouldn't apply to me.