David_Gerard comments on A (small) critique of total utilitarianism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 27 June 2012 10:45:45AM 0 points [-]

I'm fairly confident that, within the next several decades, we will have the technology to accurately measure and sum hedons

OK, I've got to ask: what's your confidence based in, in detail? It's not clear to me that "sum hedons" even means anything.