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mbitton24 comments on Multiverse-Wide Preference Utilitarianism - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Brian_Tomasik 30 January 2014 06:08PM

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Comment author: mbitton24 06 February 2014 07:01:10PM -2 points [-]

"In general, this suggests that we should give relatively more weight to tastes and values that we expect to be more universal among civilizations across the multiverse."

This is a pretty interesting idea to me, Brian. It makes intuitive sense but when would we apply it? Can it only be used as a tiebreaker? It's difficult for me to imagine scenarios where this consideration would sway my decision.