ChrisPine comments on Polyhacking - Less Wrong

75 Post author: Alicorn 28 August 2011 08:35AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 August 2011 08:49:43AM 1 point [-]

It's not? I mean, there's some people, though probably considerably less than half of the population, who are genuinely and naturally well-suited to monogamous closed relationships. But the point that immortal superbeings would do something polyish actually does strike me as a clear argument in favor of "poly is More Highly Evolved". I mean, you're then that much closer to doing things the way immortal superbeings would do it. This is why I've always felt vaguely guilty about not being bisexual, since immortal superbeings clearly would be.

Comment author: ChrisPine 28 August 2011 10:02:04AM 7 points [-]

This is why I've always felt vaguely guilty about not being bisexual, since immortal superbeings clearly would be.

I'd be very interested in hearing about that hack. I haven't been able to pull it off, myself, and also feel vaguely guilty about it. (Especially after seeing the grace and ease with which my wife pulled it off.)

Comment author: wedrifid 28 August 2011 04:05:47PM 13 points [-]

This is why I've always felt vaguely guilty about not being bisexual, since immortal superbeings clearly would be.

I'd be very interested in hearing about that hack.

So am I. We are talking about the "becoming an immortal superbeing" hack, right?

Comment author: ChrisPine 28 August 2011 07:28:14PM 2 points [-]

I was not, no. :-)

(But if you know that one, too, please share.)

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 28 August 2011 12:28:46PM 6 points [-]

See here.