wedrifid comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 01 January 2012 08:31:22PM 4 points [-]

If I kill a person, the number of Fun-having-person-moments in the universe is reduced by the remaining lifetime that person would potentially have had. If I kill a baby, the number of Fun-having-person-moments in the universe is reduced by the entire lifetime of the person that baby would potentially have become.

Go start breeding now. Or, say, manufacture defective condoms. (Or identify your real reason for not killing babies.)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 01 January 2012 08:35:51PM 1 point [-]

Please re-read the comment thread. If you still think we're talking about my reasons for doing or not doing anything in particular, let me know, and I'll try to figure out how to prevent such misunderstandings in the future.