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I'm OK with accepting a certain amount of it. It's a thing. Is there a configuration under which there is no misery? What's the minimum possible amount of miser
by nullsense 4y ago
I'm OK with accepting a certain amount of it. It's a thing. Is there a configuration under which there is no misery? What's the minimum possible amount of misery we could hope to achieve? My problem is that when people's thinking tends to go along the lines of "misery is bad therefore we must eliminate all of it" they come to conclusions that are counterproductive because they're trying to break the laws of physics.
- zamnos 4y agoIf I came to a ludicrous conclusion, like we should eat babies because that would reduce misery, then attack that ludicrous conclusion. But being pro-misery because some people make bad conclusions from being against misery is, well, ludicrous.
- nullsense 4y ago>But being pro-misery because some people make bad conclusions from being against misery is, well, ludicrous Well, it's not obvious that it is, and you haven't made an actual argument here.
- imtringued 4y agoYou mean like the longtermists who assume the vast majority of people will live inside a computer simulation?