And then Dr. Evil, forced to compete with 999,999,999,999 copies of himself that all want to rule, is back to square one. Would you see multiplying your competition by 999,999,999,999 as a solution to how to rule the universe? If you were as selfish as Dr. Evil, and intelligent enough to try attempting to take over the universe, wouldn’t it occur to you that the copies are all going to want to be the one in charge? Perhaps it won’t, but if it did, would you try multiplying your competition, then? If not, then maybe part of the solution to this is making it common knowledge that multiplying your competition by nearly a trillion isn’t going to gain you any power.
That wouldn’t keep trolls and idiots from trying it, though, and even though they’d be divided against themselves once they were there, which would probably make it impossible for any one of them to rule, it doesn’t mean they wouldn’t do heinous things like vote their way into some sort of preferred class. I just don’t think a trillion copies of a selfish person would result in the original person ruling is all.
Assume the least convenient possible world; the copies are united against the noncopies.
That is the most convenient possible world from the perspective of making the grandparent’s point. Was that your intention?
The least convenient possible world would have all the copies united in favor of the original Dr. Evil.
The world that I infer is imagined in the original post (also fairly inconvenient to the grandparent) is one in which Dr. Evil wants the universe to be shaped according to his will rather than wanting to be the one who shapes the universe according to his will. This is a world in which having more copies of himself ensures that he does get his way more and so he has an incentive to do it.
That is the most convenient possible world from the perspective of making the grandparent’s point. Was that your intention?
Well … yeah. The least convenient world for avoiding the point.
Hey, I didn’t name it. shrugs
The least convenient possible world would have all the copies united in favor of the original Dr. Evil.
That is less convenient.
The world that I infer is imagined in the original post (also fairly inconvenient to the grandparent) is one in which Dr. Evil wants the universe to be shaped according to his will rather than wanting to be the one who shapes the universe according to his will. This is a world in which having more copies of himself ensures that he does get his way more and so he has an incentive to do it.
Yup, that’s what I meant by “the copies are united”.
And then Dr. Evil, forced to compete with 999,999,999,999 copies of himself that all want to rule, is back to square one. Would you see multiplying your competition by 999,999,999,999 as a solution to how to rule the universe? If you were as selfish as Dr. Evil, and intelligent enough to try attempting to take over the universe, wouldn’t it occur to you that the copies are all going to want to be the one in charge? Perhaps it won’t, but if it did, would you try multiplying your competition, then? If not, then maybe part of the solution to this is making it common knowledge that multiplying your competition by nearly a trillion isn’t going to gain you any power.
That wouldn’t keep trolls and idiots from trying it, though, and even though they’d be divided against themselves once they were there, which would probably make it impossible for any one of them to rule, it doesn’t mean they wouldn’t do heinous things like vote their way into some sort of preferred class. I just don’t think a trillion copies of a selfish person would result in the original person ruling is all.
Assume the least convenient possible world; the copies are united against the noncopies.
That is the most convenient possible world from the perspective of making the grandparent’s point. Was that your intention?
The least convenient possible world would have all the copies united in favor of the original Dr. Evil.
The world that I infer is imagined in the original post (also fairly inconvenient to the grandparent) is one in which Dr. Evil wants the universe to be shaped according to his will rather than wanting to be the one who shapes the universe according to his will. This is a world in which having more copies of himself ensures that he does get his way more and so he has an incentive to do it.
Well … yeah. The least convenient world for avoiding the point.
Hey, I didn’t name it. shrugs
That is less convenient.
Yup, that’s what I meant by “the copies are united”.