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Wei_Dai comments on Beware Selective Nihilism - Less Wrong Discussion

39 Post author: Wei_Dai 20 December 2012 06:53PM

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Comment author: MugaSofer 24 January 2013 10:48:39AM -2 points [-]

I'm not sure how this is evidence for your hypothesis 'the objection you point to stemmed from a false understanding of physics that made "physical continuity" important'.

It's not, it's evidence that your "value" for physical continuity is not the same as your value for happiness or less pain. If Hairy is correct here, it would probably be a cached thought based on "if I'm destroyed, I will DIE. Teleportation destroys me. Therefore, if I teleport I will DIE."

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