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Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 25 May 2015 10:53:50AM *  2 points [-]

It may seem like a bad thing from our perspective now; but its a bit of a strawman argument that it will certainly be something we do not want when the time comes that it is possible to do so.

This is absolutely what I am afraid of. Values themselves will be selected for and I don't want my values to be ground up entirely to dust. Who's to say that I will want to exist under a different value system, even as a part of some larger consciousness? What if consciousness is a waste of resources?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 May 2015 08:53:24PM 0 points [-]

Who's to say that I will want to exist under a different value system, even as a part of some larger consciousness?

Are you expecting these things to happen within your lifetime?

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 26 May 2015 03:24:11AM 0 points [-]

Probably not within my own natural lifetime, no.

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