Nick_Tarleton comments on True Ending: Sacrificial Fire (7/8) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 05 February 2009 05:19:19PM 5 points [-]

I wonder, do the people preferring the Babyeaters over the Superhappies, remember that as a necessary consequence of Babyeater values nearly half* of their species is, at any given time, dying in severe pain?

*From part 2, ~10 children eaten/year/adult, ~1 month for digestion to complete.

Psy-Kosh: I don't see the final situation as a prisoner's dilemma - by destroying Huygens, humanity shows a preference for mutual "defection" over mutual "cooperation".

simon: err... descriptive, normative... ? Maybe you genuinely value ice cream over saving lives, but your behavior isn't a justificatory argument for this, or, given akrasia, even strong evidence.