Viliam_Bur comments on What makes us think _any_ of our terminal values aren't based on a misunderstanding of reality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bokov 26 September 2013 04:06:14AM 0 points [-]

Identical. Therefore consciousness adds complexity without actually being necessary for explaining anything. Therefore, the presumption is that we are all philosophical zombies (but think we're not).

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 26 September 2013 07:13:57AM 8 points [-]

Okay, so what creates the feeling of consciousness in those philosophical zombies? Can we generate more of those circumstances which naturally create that feeling?

If my life is "ultimately" an illusion, how can I make this illusion last as long as possible?

Comment author: RobbBB 28 September 2013 09:19:02PM 3 points [-]

Eliezer:

[I]n a discussion of the current state of evidence for whether the universe is spatially finite or spatially infinite,[...] James D. Miller chided Robin Hanson: 'Robin, you are suffering from overconfidence bias in assuming that the universe exists. Surely there is some chance that the universe is of size zero.'

To which I replied: 'James, if the universe doesn't exist, it would still be nice to know whether it's an infinite or a finite universe that doesn't exist.'

Ha! You think pulling that old 'universe doesn't exist' trick will stop me? It won't even slow me down!

It's not that I'm ruling out the possibility that the universe doesn't exist. It's just that, even if nothing exists, I still want to understand the nothing as best I can. My curiosity doesn't suddenly go away just because there's no reality, you know!

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