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Squark comments on Preferences without Existence - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Coscott 08 February 2014 01:34AM

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Comment author: Squark 09 February 2014 07:15:24AM 0 points [-]

Coscott's philosophy is more or less orthogonal to the choice of empathy. E.g. a "Coscottist" might only care about here kin, but she will care more about versions of her kin embedded in simple universes.