[SEQ RERUN] That Tiny Note of Discord
post by MinibearRex · 2012-09-05T04:51:51.642Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 4 commentsToday's post, That Tiny Note of Discord was originally published on 23 September 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
Eliezer started to dig himself out of his philosophical hole when he noticed a tiny inconsistency.
Discuss the post here (rather than in the comments to the original post).
This post is part of the Rerunning the Sequences series, where we'll be going through Eliezer Yudkowsky's old posts in order so that people who are interested can (re-)read and discuss them. The previous post was Horrible LHC Inconsistency, and you can use the sequence_reruns tag or rss feed to follow the rest of the series.
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comment by Luke_A_Somers · 2012-09-05T13:51:38.265Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Fun Theory needs a commonsense exception for global catastrophic risk management.
I suspect that the balance of factors within Fun Theory already allows this sort of thing. Annihilation is not fun.
Replies from: Armok_GoB↑ comment by Armok_GoB · 2012-09-05T17:16:27.278Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I see you haven't played Dwarf Fortress. :p
Replies from: Luke_A_Somers↑ comment by Luke_A_Somers · 2012-09-06T13:34:59.143Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Dwarf Fortress gets a lot less fun if you're executed upon colony failure. If only because you'll be seriously avoiding 'fun' times.
Replies from: Armok_GoB