IL comments on The Moral Void - Less Wrong

31 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 June 2008 08:52AM

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Comment author: IL 30 June 2008 11:38:03AM 2 points [-]

Vladimir, if there was a pill that would make the function of the mirror neurons go away, in other words, a pill that would make you able to hurt people without feeling remorse or anguish, would you take it?

Comment author: Micah71381 24 December 2010 06:51:22PM 2 points [-]

Yes I would, assuming we are talking about just being able to not feel the pain of others at this stage of my life and forward, perhaps even by choice (so I could toggle it back on). Though, if we are not talking about a hypothetical "magic pill" then turning these off would have side effects I would like to avoid.