Luke_A_Somers comments on Thought experiment: The transhuman pedophile - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 18 September 2013 02:38:59PM 5 points [-]

(shrug) If X values being attracted to children while not having sex with them, then I really don't see the issue. Great, if that's what he wants, he can do that... why would he change anything? Why would anyone expect him to change anything?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 September 2013 09:23:19PM 7 points [-]

It would be awesome if one could could count on people actually having that reaction given that degree of information. I don't trust them to be that careful with their judgements under normal circumstances.

Also, what Lumifer said.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 18 September 2013 10:27:41PM 1 point [-]

Sure, me neither. But as I said elsewhere, if we are positing normal circumstances, then the OP utterly confuses me, because about 90% seems designed to establish that the circumstances are not normal.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 19 September 2013 02:17:12AM 1 point [-]

Even transhumanly future normal.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 19 September 2013 02:29:43AM 2 points [-]

OK, fair enough. My expectations about how the ways we respond to emotionally aversive but likely non-harmful behavior in others might change in a transhuman future seem to differ from yours, but I am not confident in them.