"[T]hough we may not want to be wireheaded now, our wireheaded selves would probably prefer to be wireheaded." The Less Wrong community has been discussing que

"[T]hough we may not want to be wireheaded now, our wireheaded selves would probably prefer to be wireheaded." The Less Wrong community has been discussing questions related to wireheading for years now. To get a taste for their discussion on the subject check out the post at http://lesswrong.com/lw/1oc/you_cannot_be_mistaken_about_not_wanting_to/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/1oc/you_cannot_be_mistaken_about_not... (where the above quote comes from) and everything it links to.