Yvain comments on Real-Life Anthropic Weirdness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AlexU 06 April 2009 01:42:53AM 5 points [-]

Shouldn't the fact that they can probably imagine better versions of themselves reduce this probability? If you're in a holodeck, in addition to putting yourself at the center of the Singularity, why wouldn't you also give yourself the looks of Brad Pitt and the wealth of Bill Gates?

Comment author: Yvain 06 April 2009 09:50:49AM *  5 points [-]
  1. No if they are in a historical simulation. The real architects of the Singularity weren't billionaires.
  2. No if they are in some kind of holo-game, for the same reason that people playing computer games don't hack them to make their character level infinity and impervious to bullets. Where would be the fun in that?
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