DanArmak comments on Humans are utility monsters - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Decius 18 August 2013 12:20:26AM 1 point [-]

But you can't take utilons from the apple tree and give them to the children.

I guess I meant 'transferable' instead of 'fungible', or perhaps something else. The utility monster being associated with more utility does not require that the rest of the world be associated with less.

Comment author: DanArmak 18 August 2013 10:44:22AM 0 points [-]

'Fungible' means you don't care where you get your utilons from, as long as it's the same number of utilons.

Comment author: Decius 18 August 2013 05:13:48PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I used the wrong term. For 'fungible' to be cogent in reference to a utility monster, utilons would have to be transferable.