shokwave comments on You Only Live Twice - Less Wrong

85 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 December 2008 07:14PM

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Comment author: shokwave 03 February 2011 10:44:14PM 0 points [-]

they would realize that there isn't anything preferable about "one of the people in the far future having distant memories of being me" as opposed to "no-one in the far future having such memories."

This sounds like a value, though. I interpreted your comment as saying "if people stood back from their perspectives, they would see their values aren't preferable".

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 03 February 2011 11:31:36PM *  1 point [-]

This sounds like a value, though.

I agree.

I interpreted your comment

Note that I am not AlephNeil; I assumed your question wasn't necessarily directed at him specifically.

Comment author: shokwave 04 February 2011 05:17:35AM 2 points [-]

Foiled by the anti-kibitzer!