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Comment author: snarles 25 September 2014 03:29:47PM *  2 points [-]

No. 5, "Wireheading" is an established trope). So is No. 4, being addicted to dreams or simulations. There is a clear difference between the two, but they are similar in the fact that they evoke feelings of disgust due to the idea of a person abandoning or forgetting their "real-world" responsibilities out of selfishness.

EDIT: For future reference, hairyfigment's comment was made while trope 2 was "CEV is characterized by a complex set of preferences"