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Lukas_Gloor comments on Torture vs Dust Specks Yet Again - Less Wrong Discussion

-2 Post author: sentientplatypus 20 August 2013 12:06PM

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 21 August 2013 11:27:54AM -1 points [-]

Okay, let's account for that and, uhm, double the amount of dust specks. Or just rule out indirect effects by having an untortured "back-up" upload of the victim that you use to repair whatever damage happened, including traumatic memories. The whole point of thought experiments like this is to get you thinking about just the variables that are mentioned to figure out what principles you consider to be relevant. If we find further arguments to support a conclusion, we are not playing properly.