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DanArmak comments on Computation Hazards - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 17 June 2012 06:45:38AM 1 point [-]

If the simulated person is suffering, presumably that is part of what the simulation is meant to analyze. If you change it so they don't suffer, they'll behave differently, and the simulation will not answer the original question it was meant to.