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Desrtopa comments on Dark Arts 101: Winning via destruction and dualism - Less Wrong Discussion

-13 Post author: PhilGoetz 21 September 2013 01:53AM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 21 September 2013 07:00:16PM 0 points [-]

This doesn't seem like a very practical way to represent "life" in terms that human beings actually have to deal with.

Comment author: Coscott 21 September 2013 07:03:27PM 0 points [-]

From a selfish game theory perspective, no, but I think it is interesting to think about when trying to figure out exactly what you mean by things like "utilitarianism"