TheOtherDave comments on SotW: Check Consequentialism - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2012 01:35AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 30 March 2012 04:17:58PM 4 points [-]

A human corpse into poofing into existence from nowhere wouldn't be in itself a bad outcome.

Free food! (It doesn't count as cannibalism if the corpse has never been a member of your species!)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 30 March 2012 04:36:13PM 2 points [-]

Nobody said "free." The operational costs of corpse-poofing might be prohibitive.

Comment author: Nornagest 05 April 2012 08:59:38PM 0 points [-]

Well, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.