[extropy-chat] Are ancestor simulations immoral? (An attempted survey)

[Russell Wallace]

On 5/26/06, A B <austriaaugust at yahoo.com> wrote:

> You might be correct. But are you absolutely certain it's impossible?
>

Are you absolutely certain it's impossible the Earth will be demolished next
Thursday to make room for a hyperspace bypass? Should we be trying to check
our local council office at Alpha Centauri?

Absolute certainty is reserved for pure mathematics. The relevant criterion
here isn't "absolutely certain" but "able to distinguish between fantasy and
real life". "Someone building a doomsday machine and blowing up the
universe" is in the first category.
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