VoiceOfRa comments on Estimate the Cost of Immortality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 17 December 2015 02:47:05AM *  2 points [-]

Could you define what you mean by "informationally equivalent"? Merely writing a word in bold all caps does not grant it magical powers.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 December 2015 03:34:56AM *  -1 points [-]

Informationally equivalent = plays a role in the flow of information within the system that is equivalent to the role of money in the flow of information within economy.

Merely writing a word in bold all caps does not grant it magical powers.

Surely it does -- it magically made you pay attention to it :-P

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 17 December 2015 07:46:23PM 2 points [-]

Informationally equivalent = plays a role in the flow of information within the system that is equivalent to the role of money in the flow of information within economy.

Ok, I don't see how that applied to the examples in question unless you expand the meaning of "equivalent" so broadly that it becomes meaningless.