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

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Comment author: ikrase 19 September 2013 05:58:38AM 2 points [-]

I'd add that often people tend to valueify their attributes and then terminalize those values in response to threat, especially if they have been exposed to contemporary Western identity politics.

Comment author: DanielLC 19 September 2013 05:37:16PM 1 point [-]

In other words, make his pedophilia a terminal value? That's pretty much the same as terminally valuing himself and considering his pedophilia part of himself.

Comment author: ikrase 19 September 2013 08:58:13PM 1 point [-]

I... wasn't really clear. People will often decide that things are part of themself in response to threat, even if they were not particularly attached to them before.