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Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open Thread, June 2-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2013 09:29:13PM 9 points [-]

Note that if you can get a high price from Satan on your own soul (e.g. rulership of a country), this is a no-lose arbitrage deal since souls are fungible goods.

Comment author: Decius 07 June 2013 03:17:42AM 5 points [-]

souls are fungible goods.

Reference?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 07 June 2013 05:36:53AM 4 points [-]

I tried to find that "all are equal in the eyes of God" verse, but apparently there isn't one. Curious.

Comment author: FriendlyButConcerned 06 June 2013 10:08:11PM 1 point [-]

“Get behind me, Cobra! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of That Which Newcomb's Angel Serves, but merely human concerns.”

Comment author: James_Miller 07 June 2013 07:45:51PM 0 points [-]

Because they don't exist?