pedanterrific comments on "Technical implication: My worst enemy is an instance of my self." - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 22 September 2011 01:18:22PM *  2 points [-]

Pedanterrific feels the same way about it I did -

You too? So how do we decide which of us goes by Lazarus and which Woodrow - flip a coin?

Let's define our future selves as agents that we can strongly influence, and that we strongly care about.

English is so imprecise. Taboo "care about". Do we mean 'has a value in my utility function' or 'has a positive value in my utility function'? Is 'hate' really a synonym for what is meant in the above definition by 'care about'?

Comment author: lionhearted 22 September 2011 01:58:37PM 0 points [-]

You too? So how do we decide which of us goes by Lazarus and which Woodrow - flip a coin?

So the lesson here, for me, is to be very precise with language when agreeing with someone whose username derives from the word pedantic :)

Comment author: pedanterrific 22 September 2011 02:20:13PM 0 points [-]

Technical implication: My worst enemy is an instance of my self.

This explains so much.

Pedanterrific feels the same way about it I did

Clearly this means we are each other's worst enemies. So, how old are you, anyway? You could be me, but I might have forgotten if I were you.

And terrific's my middle name, yep.

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