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As I understand it, that point feels wrong to me. There are many things that I would be sad not to have in my life but only on the vaguely long term and that are easy to replace quickly. I have only one fridge and I would probably be somewhat miserable without one (or maybe I could adapt), but it would be absurd for me to buy a second one.

I would say most of the things that I would be sad to miss and that are easy to duplicate are also easy to replace quickly. The main exception is probably data, which should indeed be backed up regularly and safely.

Could you link a source for the once a week coffee? I am intrigued.

I did not yet read your recommendations so I don't know if the answer is there.

I read the rewrites before I read the corresponding section of the post and, without knowing the context, I find Richard's first rewrite to be the most intuitive permutation of the three. I fully expect that this will stop once I read the post, but I thought that my particular perspective of having read the rewrites first might be relevant.

Adapted from the french "j'envisage que X" I propose "I am considering the possibility that X" or in some contexts "I am considering X". "The plumber says it's fixed, but I am considering he might be wrong".

I just want to point out that the sentence you replied to starts with an "if". "If those genes' role is to alter the way synapses develop in the fastest growth phase, changing them when you're 30 won't do anything" (emphasis mine). You described this as "At first you confidently assert that changing genes in the brain won't do anything to an adult". The difference is important. This is in no way a comment on the object level debate. I simply think Lesswrong is a place where hypotheticals are useful and that debates will be poorer if people cannot rely on the safety that saying "if A then B" will not be interpreted as just saying "B".

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Makes sense and I think that's wise (you could also think about it with other people during that time). Do you want to expand on the game-theoretic reasons?

You did, indeed, fuck up so hard that you don't get to hang out with the other ancestor simulations, and even though I have infinite energy I'm not giving you a personal high resolution paradise simulation. I'm gonna give you a chill, mediocre but serviceable sim-world that is good enough to give you space to think and reflect and decide what you want.

And you don't get to have all the things you want until you've somehow processed why that isn't okay, and actually learned to be better.

I was with you until this part. Why would you coerce Hitler into thinking like you do about morality? Why be cruel to him by forcing him into a mediocre environment? I suppose there might be game-theoristic reasons for this. But if that's not where you're coming from then I would say you're still letting the fact that you dislike a human being make you degrade his living conditions in a way that benefits no one.

I think this shows your "universal love" extends to "don't seek the suffering of others" but not to "the only reason to hurt* someone is if it benefits someone else".

* : In the sense of "doing something that goes against their interests".

When I downvote a comment it is basically never because I want the author to delete that comment. I rarely downvote comments already bellow 0, but even when I do it is not because I wish the comment was deleted. Instead, it mostly means that I dislike the way in which that comment was written and thought out; that I don't want people to have that style / approach when commenting. This correlates with me disagreeing with the position, but not strongly so; and I try to keep my opinions about the object topic to the agree/disagree voting.

I don't know how representative I am of the Lesswrong population in that regard, but I at least think most people who downvote a comment would prefer for it to stay undeleted; if only to make past discussions legilible.

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