hairyfigment comments on Timeless Identity - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 June 2008 08:16AM

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Comment author: hairyfigment 30 September 2013 04:55:39PM 0 points [-]

It seems you place less value on your life than I do on mine. I'm glad we've reached agreement.

Comment author: someonewrongonthenet 01 October 2013 03:14:40AM *  0 points [-]

I agree, it's quite possible that someone might deconstruct "me" and "life" and "death" and "subjective experience" to the same extent that I have and still value never deleting certain information that is computationally descended from themselves more than all the other things that would be done with the resources that are used to maintain them.

Hell, I might value it to that extent. This isn't something I'm certain about. I'm still exploring this. My default answer is to live forever - I just want to make sure that this is really what I want after consideration and not just a kicking, screaming survival instinct (AKA a first order preference)