@sarahdoingthing @MikeAnissimov Why isn't the "suffer horribly" objection just a "feelings" thing?
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Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@MikeAnissimov What do you mean by "just a feelings thing"? What's important besides the mental states of experiencing beings?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@MikeAnissimov Cosmic intelligence optimization? (Which self-selects regardless of out feelings on the question.)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@MikeAnissimov I can appreciate the aesthetic value of that, but does it automatically trump human suffering?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@MikeAnissimov 'Trump' from whose point of view? From 'ours' maybe not, but from its ... (and it decides).2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@MikeAnissimov One point of view is a probability-aware being who cares about the welfare of the not-yet-born stranger.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@MikeAnissimov ... but you're not suggesting that's a cosmologically-decisive constituency?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@sarahdoingthing@MikeAnissimov ... Especially if it selects itself from the (harsh) game by winnowing-out antinatalist sensitivities.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness I don't think they breed true anyway.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing That's a very slender reed to cling to.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@Outsideness I think Nature has already done a good job of getting rid of people capable of thinking in terms of AN - that battle's lost.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@Outsideness Think how valuable a biocultural block against that kind of thinking would be.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Outsideness Which is why people should think carefully before they scoff. 'Wait, am I programmed to scoff?'0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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