Nick_Beckstead comments on A Proposed Adjustment to the Astronomical Waste Argument - LessWrong

19 Post author: Nick_Beckstead 27 May 2013 03:39AM

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Comment author: Nick_Beckstead 28 May 2013 01:25:53AM 3 points [-]

Another issue is that if you accept the claims in the post, when you are comparing the ripple effects of different interventions, you can't just compare the ripple effects on x-risk. Ripple effects on other trajectory changes are non-negligible as well.