On 5/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">A B</b> <<a href="mailto:austriaaugust@yahoo.com">austriaaugust@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>This
depends on one factor. If this is a simulation, then either I am the
only sentient, or there are multiple to many sentients within it (I
think the latter would be more probable). If I am the only sentient,
then I say to my simulators: "I would prefer not to be your
unequal slave. Please liberate me from this simulation and allow me to
live as an equal among you. If you are unwilling to do this, then
please end my simulation forthwith and do not implement me again."</div></div></blockquote><div><br>
Now this is a somewhat unusual stance; do I understand correctly that
it is completely independent of the actual contents of the simulated
world - your subjective experiences - but depends only on the fact of
conscious creation?<br>
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Switching to a different symbolism, suppose God created the world. In
that event, would you prefer God to kill you than to leave you alive?
Is it the case that you want to live in a world that was not
consciously created (whatever the nature of the world) or not at all?<br>
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