Caledonian2 comments on Thou Art Godshatter - Less Wrong

68 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 November 2007 07:38PM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 15 November 2007 04:56:46AM 0 points [-]

Specifically, a full-blown ecstatic or mystical experience is a million of times more pleasurable than any other experience the mystic has had or will have

This seems unlikely - it's far more probable that mystical experiences are highly satisfying rather than so intensely pleasurable.