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solipsist comments on Open Thread, January 4-10, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: solipsist 06 January 2016 03:13:51PM 4 points [-]

If love your simulation as you love yourself, they will love you as they love themselves (and if you don't, they won't). You can choose to have enemies or allies with your own actions.

You and a thousand simulations of you play a game where pressing a button gives the presser $500 but takes $1 from each of the other players. Do you press the button?

Comment author: Usul 07 January 2016 02:36:34AM 0 points [-]

I don't play, craps is the only sucker bet I enjoy engaging in. But if coerced to play, I press with non-sims. Don't press with sims. But not out of love, out of an intimate knowledge of my opponent's expected actions. Out of my status as a reliable predictor in this unique circumstance.