What is it with negative utilitarianism and wanting to eliminate those they want to help?
In terms of actual ideas for making short lives better, though, could r-strategists potentially have genetically engineered variants that limit their suffering if killed early without overly impacting survival once they made it through that stage?
What does insect thriving look like? What life would they choose to live if they could? Is there a way to communicate with the more intelligent or communication capable (bees, cockroaches, ants?) that some choice is death, and they may choose it when they prefer it to the alternative?
In terms of farming, of course, predation can be improved to be more painless; that is always worthwhile. Outside of farming, probably not the worst way to go compared to alternatives.
What is it with negative utilitarianism and wanting to eliminate those they want to help?
In terms of actual ideas for making short lives better, though, could r-strategists potentially have genetically engineered variants that limit their suffering if killed early without overly impacting survival once they made it through that stage?
What does insect thriving look like? What life would they choose to live if they could? Is there a way to communicate with the more intelligent or communication capable (bees, cockroaches, ants?) that some choice is death, and they may choose it when they prefer it to the alternative?
In terms of farming, of course, predation can be improved to be more painless; that is always worthwhile. Outside of farming, probably not the worst way to go compared to alternatives.
Insanity Wolf answers your questions:
SEES UNHAPPY PERSON
KILLS THEM TO INCREASE GLOBAL HAPPINESS
IT’S A THEOREM!
YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH A THEOREM!
Someone (unclear who) made a whole bunch of these along the same vein: https://kennaway.org.uk/writings/Insanity-Wolf-Sanity-Check.html
I don’t know that I’d want to see insanity wolf weigh in on every LW discussion but that got a good LOL out of me