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Hedonic_Treader comments on Life Extension versus Replacement - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Julia_Galef 30 November 2011 01:47AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 July 2012 09:44:34PM 0 points [-]

In order for this to be true, it would have to be sustainable enough that the pleasure gain outweighs the potential pleasure loss from a possibly longer life without wireheading/experience machine.

For utilitarians, externalities of one person's wireheading affecting other lives would have to be considered as well.