army1987 comments on Brain-in-a-vat Trolley Question - Less Wrong

-5 Post author: nick012000 30 December 2012 03:22AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2012 10:33:26AM 1 point [-]

Least convenient possible world: if you try to make a non-deterministic choice, Omega kills the discoverer of the cure for cancer and the inventor of the pop-top can, kill 3^^^3 kittens, and an unjust war fraught of war crimes will ensue, on top of whatever else your decision causes as described in the scenario.