MugaSofer comments on Morality is Awesome - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MugaSofer 06 January 2013 11:17:52PM *  1 point [-]

A sigh came from that hood. "Well... would you want to live forever?"

"Not... really," Akon said.

The shoulders of the robe shrugged. "You have judged. What else is there?"

Humans are not perfect reasoners.

[Edited for clarity.]

Comment author: Armok_GoB 07 January 2013 06:25:32PM 0 points [-]

I give a decent probability to the optimal order of things containing absolutely zero pleasure. I assign a lower, but still significant, probability to it containing an infinite amount of pain in any given subjective interval.

Comment author: MugaSofer 08 January 2013 06:09:55PM -2 points [-]

... why? Humans definitely appear to want to avoid pain and enjoy pleasure. i suppose I can see pleasure being replaced with "better" emotions, but I'm really baffled regarding the pain. Is it to do with punishment? Challenge? Something I haven't thought of?

Comment author: Armok_GoB 08 January 2013 07:09:04PM 0 points [-]

Agreed, pretty much. I said significant probability, not big. I'm not good at translating anticipations into numbers, but no more than 5%. Mostly based on extreme outside view, as in "something I haven't thought of".

Comment author: MugaSofer 09 January 2013 09:52:33AM *  -1 points [-]

Oh, right. "Significance" is subjective, I guess. I assumed it meant, I don't know, >10% or whatever.

Comment author: MugaSofer 07 January 2013 09:36:59PM -2 points [-]

Is this intended as a reply to my comment?

Comment author: Armok_GoB 08 January 2013 05:17:39PM 0 points [-]

reply to the entire thread really.

Comment author: MugaSofer 08 January 2013 06:06:52PM *  -1 points [-]

Fair enough.

Comment author: MugaSofer 07 January 2013 08:48:16PM 0 points [-]

Is this intended as a reply to my comment?