(I'm not saying this point is new to e.g. @willdoingthings in the aliens context; just emphasizing it as a potential focus for discussion.)
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The natural result of e.g. acausal negotiation seems to be everyone lives in a semi-alien utopia, like Three Worlds Collide.
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@MemberOfSpecies big obvious godly optimizations might interfere with subtler mechanisms for incentivizing and/or testing virtue2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies and idk it seems humans are fucking terrible and if the gods help us then it'll be virtue-increasing not QALY-increasing3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@MemberOfSpecies i think it's easy to forget how utterly terrible and disgusting humans are1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@willdoingthings I don't know how to translate that claim in non-emotive terms.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@MemberOfSpecies humans are objectively bad and should only be left alive because mercy, 'helping' them would be like rewarding them1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings Objectively bad compared to what?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies transhuman intelligences duh1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies sure they can't help it, oftentimes murderers can't help it either, we still hang them, at least we should1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@willdoingthings Also, some of us whip the sea.
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@MemberOfSpecies well my point isn't godkings should whip us, should just leave us alone to create our own hells0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MemberOfSpecies for better or worse the sea can't be lobotomized0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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