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Lumifer comments on If you can see the box, you can open the box - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 26 February 2015 05:23:48PM 2 points [-]

Feeling pleasure for punishing a person who defects from a prisoner dilemma isn't inherently evil.

LOL. I just want to keep this quote as an example of LW ethics... X-D

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 February 2015 05:38:57PM 0 points [-]

Do you disagree with the substance, or only want to remark on the way the statement is made?

Comment author: Lumifer 26 February 2015 05:40:27PM -1 points [-]

I'm not sure there's much substance involved, but I certainly think of humans as Turing complete.

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 February 2015 05:43:23PM 2 points [-]

I think you mixed up two different threads.

Comment author: Lumifer 26 February 2015 05:46:36PM 1 point [-]

Ah, sorry, yes I did.

My amusement at this quote isn't quite at the agree/disagree level, it has more to do with the mindset which produced it.

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