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35 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 07 October 2010 06:55AM

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Comment author: Document 06 November 2010 09:21:04PM *  0 points [-]

Random thought about Schild's Ladder (which assumes the same "equal footing" idea), related to the advantages of a constant utility function: Would Tchicaya have destroyed the alien microbes if he'd first simulated how he'd feel about it afterward?