TsviBT comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TsviBT 17 January 2013 03:03:43AM 1 point [-]

Huh? How so?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 January 2013 09:22:49AM 1 point [-]

Replace the "corn god" in the quote with a sufficiently rational utiliterian agent.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 20 January 2013 03:33:53AM 0 points [-]

To make sure I understand, do you mean that a sufficiently rational utilitarian agent may decide to kill a 6 month old baby if it decides that would serve its goal of maximizing aggregate utility, and if I'm pretty sure that no 6 month old baby should ever be intentionally killed, I would conclude that utilitarianism is probably wrong?