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cousin_it comments on Put Yourself in Manual Mode (aka Shut Up and Multiply) - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: lukeprog 27 March 2011 06:13AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 28 March 2011 09:44:19AM *  2 points [-]

The premises sound much less intuitive than the conclusions, and I accept the Repugnant Conclusion anyway.

Comment author: torekp 03 April 2011 02:07:46AM 2 points [-]

Me too. I think the "Repugnancy" comes from picturing a very low but positive quality of life as some kind of dull gray monotone, instead of the usual ups and downs, and then feeling enormous boredom, and then projecting that boredom onto the scenario.