TheOtherDave comments on Humans are utility monsters - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 24 August 2013 05:57:48AM 2 points [-]

I would think so. Of course, that's not to say we know that they count... my confidence that someone who doesn't exist once existed is likely much higher, all else being equal, than my confidence that someone who doesn't exist is going to exist.

This should in no way be understood as endorsing the more general formulation.