Riothamus comments on [Link] How the Simulation Argument Dampens Future Fanaticism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Val 09 September 2016 09:23:13PM 0 points [-]

Isn't the "Do I live in a simulation?" question practically indistinguishable from the question "does God exist?", for a sufficiently flexible definition for "God"?

For the latter, there are plenty of ethical frameworks, as well as incentives for altruism, developed during the history of mankind.

Comment author: Riothamus 12 September 2016 06:25:27PM 0 points [-]

On the grounds that those ethical frameworks rested on highly in-flexible definitions for God, I am skeptical of their applicability. Moreover, why would we look at a different question where we redefine it to be the first question all over again?