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Kaj_Sotala comments on The Mere Cable Channel Addition Paradox - Less Wrong Discussion

64 Post author: Ghatanathoah 26 July 2012 07:20AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 30 July 2012 11:15:47AM *  0 points [-]

In my argument the button could create people and resources leading to a standard of living just below the current average, like in the original RC.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 30 July 2012 11:40:41AM 0 points [-]

Point taken, though that's still a more morally ambiguous step than the equivalent in the original RC. There are already plenty of people today who think that people shouldn't have more children due to the Earth's resources being limited. That's not an exact mapping to "creating new people that gave us some small amount of extra resources", but it's close and brings to mind the same arguments.