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nazgulnarsil comments on Lifeism, Anti-Deathism, and Some Other Terminal-Values Rambling - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Pavitra 07 March 2011 04:35AM

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Comment author: nazgulnarsil 07 March 2011 06:02:40PM *  4 points [-]

Holy crap I should hope the cev answer is yes. This is what happy humans look like to powerful long lived entities.

Comment author: benelliott 07 March 2011 06:19:54PM 3 points [-]

Whether you are lifeist of anti-deathist the answer is that those entities shouldn't kill us. The only question is whether they should create more of us.

Comment author: nazgulnarsil 07 March 2011 06:32:52PM *  5 points [-]

Or allow us to create more of ourselves.

Comment author: Pavitra 08 March 2011 04:35:06AM 1 point [-]

Those powerful entities presumably have the option of opening the box.