FAWS comments on A response to "Torture vs. Dustspeck": The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FAWS 30 November 2011 06:23:35PM 0 points [-]

And if 3^^^3 people are possible, 3^^^^3 people are probably possible too,

No, that doesn't follow at all. It's ridiculous to even compare the two numbers that way. I would agree that 3^^^4 people might seem somewhat plausible in that case, and 3^^^4 is already larger than 3^^^3 by a factor incomprehensibly greater than 3^^^3. Even 3^^^4 is probably already far excessive for what you need for your argument.