Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Earning to Give vs. Altruistic Career Choice Revisited - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 May 2013 10:22:13PM 2 points [-]

The only unusual step is to realize that theories with vast future populations have such an implication.

Right. That's arcane. Mundane theories have no need to measure the population of the universe.

Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 31 May 2013 10:44:23PM 1 point [-]

But it's still a simple idea once you grasp it. I was hoping you could state the counterargument with comparable simplicity. What is the counterargument at the level of principles, which neutralizes this one?