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Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First)
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RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First)
February 20, 2018 at 6:32 pm (This post was last modified: February 20, 2018 at 6:33 pm by GrandizerII.)
One thing I disagree with (at first glance) is that simulations of me are me. I think people who are clones of me are their own thing, with their own feelings and new experiences I won't get to experience. So whatever pain and suffering they go through, I will not go through myself anyway.

If I had to see every doppelganger of mine as really me, I'd be crippled for life, considering I'm a Many-Worlder.

And this is just one of several flaws I see with Roko's reasoning.
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Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Grandizer - February 20, 2018 at 5:01 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Sal - February 20, 2018 at 6:25 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Grandizer - February 20, 2018 at 6:32 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Rev. Rye - February 20, 2018 at 11:00 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Grandizer - February 20, 2018 at 11:09 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Aoi Magi - February 20, 2018 at 11:14 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Grandizer - February 20, 2018 at 11:16 pm
RE: Roko's Basilisk (Read Warning In Post First) - by Rev. Rye - February 20, 2018 at 11:25 pm

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