SoullessAutomaton comments on Survey Results - Less Wrong

48 Post author: Yvain 12 May 2009 10:09PM

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 14 May 2009 10:37:24AM 0 points [-]

I think it's arguable that global warming could impact plenty of people already alive today, and I'm not sure what you mean by enslaving future generations.

But yes, assigning no value at all to potential entities may also be problematic, but I'm not sure what a reasonable balance is.