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41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 January 2009 08:46AM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 07 February 2011 11:31:59PM 15 points [-]

Wei_Dai2, it looks like you missed Eliezer's main point:

Value isn't just complicated, it's fragile. There is more than one dimension of human value, where if just that one thing is lost, the Future becomes null. A single blow and all value shatters. Not every single blow will shatter all value - but more than one possible "single blow" will do so.

It doesn't matter that "many" values survive, if Eliezer's "value is fragile" thesis is correct, because we could lose the whole future if we lose just a single critical value. Do we have such critical values? Maybe, maybe not, but you didn't address that issue.

Comment author: ata 08 February 2011 02:47:17AM 13 points [-]

I like the idea of replying to past selves and think it should be encouraged.

Comment author: Giles 19 June 2011 11:46:19PM 8 points [-]

The added bonus is they can't answer back.

Comment author: DSimon 13 April 2012 02:58:31AM 5 points [-]

"Yeah, past me is terrible, but don't even get me started on future me, sheesh!"

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 12 February 2013 02:22:19PM *  1 point [-]

Quite. I never expected LW to resemble classic scenes from Homestuck... except, you know, way more functional.

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