From: Louis Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 06:44:02 MDT
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> Louis Newstrom wrote:
> > As a related analogy: Imagine a child on the railroad tracks gets
killed by
> > a train. Now imagine that an adult knew this was going to happen and
didn't
> > stop it. Would you say "the result is the same, so it doesn't matter"?
I
> > wouldn't.
>
> Ah, but is virtual death as important as 'real' death?
Ok. Most people are saying the same thing. It doesn't matter because the
child is not real. Ok, let's make it more personal to the "real" person.
I have had vision problems all of my life. I could not become an astronaut
(or even an airplane pilot) because my eyes weren't good enough. I have had
migraine headaches for years. I have had to spend thousands of dollars and
go through numerous operations just to keep from going blind.
If I am in the real world, then all of this suffering is unavoidable. If I
am in a simulation, then this is just for someone's entertainment.
To me, it would make a big difference.
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