ChristianKl comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (6th thread, July 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 December 2014 12:42:50PM -1 points [-]

If you go by Aristotle [...]

That's a mistake. You wouldn't ask in a discussion about physics to go back to the mistaken notions of Aristotle. There's no reason to do it here.

I think that's different than wireheading, wireheading is the artificial creation of hedons through electrical stimulation. Ultra-happiness is the artificial creation of utilons through value modification.

Electrical stimulation changes values.