MaoShan comments on How To Have Things Correctly - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Alicorn 17 October 2012 06:10AM

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Comment author: V_V 17 October 2012 06:06:15PM 0 points [-]

Isn't that wireheading?

Comment author: MaoShan 18 October 2012 01:21:46AM 2 points [-]

Isn't that wireheading put to good use?

Comment author: V_V 18 October 2012 01:12:34PM 0 points [-]

It doesn't seem so. Can you elaborate?

Comment author: MaoShan 19 October 2012 03:15:03AM 2 points [-]

Because if you found you actually did enjoy using the muffin tin, you could end up in a positive mental state of your choosing, while still having the option to reverse it. That seemed preferable to selling it without experimenting first, although I have heard that cats have met their demise by such methods.