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Lumifer comments on Discussion of Slate Star Codex: "Extremism in Thought Experiments is No Vice" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 30 March 2015 08:17:58PM *  3 points [-]

this behaviour would still be considered wrong, because: 1) It is illegal

Morality and legality are very different things. These two sets overlap, of course, but are not nearly identical.

It is possible that millions of people will end up in hell based on the translation difference between "kill" and "murder".

That assumes God is pretty stupid and powerless. Not a good assumption to along with the assumption of the existence of hell.

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