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Pavitra comments on Why No Wireheading? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Pavitra 19 June 2011 12:39:41AM 4 points [-]

Because writing big numbers on the speedometer with a sharpie doesn't get me to the destination sooner.

Comment author: byrnema 19 June 2011 07:19:13AM 12 points [-]

I think the question is: why do you really need to get there?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 June 2011 12:20:16PM 0 points [-]

Exactly that.