[extropy-chat] Are ancestor simulations immoral?

[Russell Wallace]

On 6/1/06, A B <austriaaugust at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I can see why this might cause some confusion. No, it is not completely
> independent of my subjective experiences. Let's just say that I have
> experienced more pain in my past, than I ever care to experience again.
> Furthermore, the world around me seems to be quite saturated with pain
> experienced by other sentients. I am depending on  future beings to reduce
> this huge pain surplus in the world and myself, and instead replace it with
> subjective happiness. If this were never to happen - eg. because this is a
> simulation and the simulators decide to be assholes - then I would prefer
> not to exist at all, in the case where I was the only sentient.
>

Okay, makes sense; that's the more usual position taken by those who believe
ancestor simulations are bad; thanks for the clarification.
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