On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 9/19/2012 5:41 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > Also, the concept of a super intelligent entity torturing someone may be > almost contradictory, for they may realize the identity of all minds, and > therefore they would be torturing themselves. > > > That would be an inconsistency of values, but not a logical contradiction. > > True, it is not a logical contradiction. There may be a sociopathic super intelligence, but I tend to believe that as intelligence goes to infinity that values tend to converge on a more or less common ground. So such "sadistic Gods" are hopefully rare. Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
