CarlShulman comments on Three Worlds Decide (5/8) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CarlShulman 04 February 2009 06:27:00AM 0 points [-]

"It sounds like they're merely extrapolating the pain they think others must be feeling... given that they've had no scruples against engineering other sources of discomfort out of existance, why not engineer that out of existance too?"
They already said they will engineer out the sympathy and replace it with a non-painful desire to alleviate pain.