Stuart_Armstrong comments on Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 29 April 2014 06:54:19PM 0 points [-]

Total happiness seems to make more plausible sense than total freedom.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 April 2014 07:33:22PM 1 point [-]

Not sure how you determine degrees of plausibility :-/

The expression "total happiness" (other than in contexts of the "it's like, dude, I was so totally chill and happy" kind) makes no more sense to me than "total freedom".