So how about taking all humans that do exist, determining the boundary humans, and using the entire section of identity-space delineated by them? That is still vulnerable to Dr. Evil killing everyone, but not to the trillion near-copy strategy. No?
So how about taking all humans that do exist, determining the boundary humans, and using the entire section of identity-space delineated by them? That is still vulnerable to Dr. Evil killing everyone, but not to the trillion near-copy strategy. No?