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MagnetoHydroDynamics 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: [deleted] 09 August 2013 07:05:11PM 0 points [-]

Being an information theoretical person-physicalist, there are no copies. There are new originals.

Making N copies is only meaningless, utility wise, if the copies never diverge. The moment they do, you have a problem.