Comment by dunno on Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014 · 2014-04-01T10:38:16.033Z · LW · GW

Does compatibilism recognize a difference between "we have free will" and "we have a will"?

Comment by dunno on Open thread, 11-17 March 2014 · 2014-03-12T16:18:07.551Z · LW · GW

An upward arrow shaped like a human looking up?

Comment by dunno on In favour of terseness · 2014-03-11T13:25:49.310Z · LW · GW

Determinism means that you were not the creator of the circumstances that led to the decision you made. So, in a sense, it does make it not really "your" decision.

Comment by dunno on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) · 2014-02-18T13:27:43.984Z · LW · GW

What makes this obviously wrong? I mean, aside from preferences, why would it not make sense to start with a universe in a current state you like and end up with a state you dislike?

Comment by dunno on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) · 2014-02-18T12:03:49.106Z · LW · GW

If I ceased to exist there would still be people that suffered without a choice. Ceasing to exist wouldn't change this while if everything ceased to exist, it'd change.

Comment by dunno on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) · 2014-02-18T12:00:24.075Z · LW · GW

This just doesn't seem right. Perhaps no amount of happy living outweighs suffering beyond a certain amount.

Comment by dunno on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) · 2014-02-17T22:16:39.703Z · LW · GW

If suffering has far greater dis-utility for you than happy living has utility, is it logical to conclude that it'd be a good thing if the universe ceased to exist, thereby preventing all future suffering at the cost of all future life?

Comment by dunno on Open Thread for February 11 - 17 · 2014-02-13T09:57:37.822Z · LW · GW

What if the 3^^^3 people were one immortal person?

Comment by dunno on Open Thread for February 11 - 17 · 2014-02-12T14:19:30.209Z · LW · GW

Would you prefer that one person be horribly tortured for eternity without hope or rest, or that 3^^^3 people die?