nyan_sandwich comments on Life Extension versus Replacement - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Julia_Galef 30 November 2011 01:47AM

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Comment author: amcknight 01 December 2011 01:21:22AM 2 points [-]

I think it comes down to how you value relationships. I don't want my family replaced, so replacing one of them with someone in a similarly valuable mental state might be equal in terms of their mental state, but because you've broken a relationship I value, the total utility has dropped. Other than this, I'm not sure I can see a relevant difference between extension and replacement.