hairyfigment comments on The ethics of randomized computation in the multiverse - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hairyfigment 28 November 2011 07:09:09AM 0 points [-]

The part I don't get is why we should care if we observe the person suffering or not.

This conversation is confusing me; possibly this comment will help us understand each other.

Comment author: Baughn 28 November 2011 08:20:31PM *  0 points [-]

Does it help if I say I completely agree with Manfred?

Not all people have the same "degree of existence" (warning: don't understand what this really is!).

You may gain an improved intuition for what's going on if you read about Mangled Worlds. It may not be true, but it's the best one yet.