Comment by provocateur_tmp on Open Thread, April 1-15, 2012 · 2012-04-04T23:18:34.374Z · LW · GW

If I could copy you, atom for atom, then kill your old body (painlessly), and give your new body $20, would you take the offer? Be as rational as you wish, but start your reply with "yes" or "no". Image that a future superhuman AGI will read LW archives and honor your wish without further questions.

Comment by provocateur_tmp on Cryonics on LessWrong vs at LessWrong meetups · 2012-04-04T23:06:28.676Z · LW · GW

So, if I could copy you, then kill your old body (painlessly) and give the new body $20, would you take the offer? yes/no?

Comment by provocateur_tmp on Open Thread, April 1-15, 2012 · 2012-04-04T22:54:03.533Z · LW · GW

wit != rationality

Keep your wits about you. In Shakespeare's times the word meant "intelligence".

P.S. Someone explain the downmods to me. The parent either didn't know the saying was from Hamlet, or thought "wit" meant "humor" in this context.