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Lumifer comments on Ethics in a Feedback Loop: A Parable - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 28 July 2014 03:40:29PM 2 points [-]

Where does this process lead?

Under your assumptions being a "regular" Green is an unstable state. Greens will be forced to evolve either into Blues or into superGreens with superstingy extra-long tentacles.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 28 July 2014 03:49:44PM 2 points [-]

Under your assumptions being a "regular" Green is an unstable state. Greens will be forced to evolve either into Blues or into superGreens with superstingy extra-long tentacles.

This is precisely the actual process that I observe, so there's +1 for this theory.