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shminux comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 4 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 August 2012 07:30:54PM 4 points [-]

WRT CEV: What happens if my CEV is different than yours? What's the plan for resolving differences between different folks' CEVs? Does the FAI put us all in our own private boxes where we each think we're getting our CEVs, take a majority vote, or what?

Comment author: shminux 29 August 2012 10:21:18PM 1 point [-]

What happens if my CEV is different than yours?

Then the "coherent" qualifier does not apply, does it? Are you asking how to construct CEV from the multitude of PEVs (P for personal)?

Does the FAI put us all in our own private boxes

Presumably those folks whose PEV does not mind boxing will get boxed, and the rest will have to be reconciled into the CEV, if possible. Or maybe commensurate PEVs get boxed together into partial CEV worlds.

The hard part is what to do with those whose PEV is incompatible with other people having different ideas from theirs. Eh, maybe not that hard. Trickery or termination is always an option when nothing better is available.