"This headset lets you see what the world would be like if you had never existed."
"I assume it will be pretty much the same, in the grand scheme of things. Can I see what it would be like if other people didn't exist?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"What would you do with that knowledge?"
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@MicroSFF Well, the same can apply to what would you do with knowing how the world was without you? It is equally as useless?

@trinsec @MicroSFF one road leads to murdering people because utilitarianism.
The other does not.

@dhfir But 'has never existed' does not equal 'murder', because thety already existed at that point.

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@trinsec @MicroSFF yes, but if one person having never existed makes the world a better place, if not for everyone, at least for oneself, it's not that big of a leap from "the world would've been a better place if they'd never existed" to "the world will be a better place if they cease existing"
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@dhfir Not... seeing too much wrong with that. 😅

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@trinsec @MicroSFF the bit that's wrong is the bit where they decide to make them cease existing, by murder.
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