steven0461 comments on Preference For (Many) Future Worlds - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 17 July 2011 01:02:32PM 2 points [-]

Why wouldn't I just discard the preferences, and use the mind that came up with them to generate entirely new preferences

What makes you think a mind came up with them?

Comment author: steven0461 17 July 2011 04:33:21PM 0 points [-]

I don't understand what point you're making; could you expand?

Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 18 July 2011 02:27:30AM 2 points [-]

You can't use the mind that came up with your preferences if no such mind exists. That's my point.

Comment author: steven0461 18 July 2011 02:50:17AM * 0 points [-]

What would have come up with them instead?

Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 18 July 2011 05:02:39AM 5 points [-]

Evolution.

Comment author: steven0461 19 July 2011 06:24:36PM 1 point [-]

In the sense that evolution came up with my mind, or in some more direct sense?