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You are here		joecarlsmith.com On the limits of idealized values - Joe Carlsmith
\|	\|	meteuphoric.com Whether to care about the desires of the dead \| Meteuphoric	37.3 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	Many people claim that fulfilling a person's desires after they are dead cannot benefit that person. Not just that it isn't strategic to honour such desires, but that such desires can't be fulfilled. Either it is not really possible for a person to desire for things that won't happen until after they are dead, or...	37.3 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	handsandcities.com In search of benevolence (or: what should you get Clippy for Christmas?) - Joe Carlsmith	10.8 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	What is altruism towards a paperclipper? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind at once?	10.8 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	nothingismere.com Phenomenal consciousness is a quasiperceptual illusion: Objections and replies - nothing is mere	22.6 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	The following is a long excerpt from an unpublished paper I wrote in 2012-2013, mostly before I was enmeshed in rationality-community ideas. The paper was a response to David Chalmers' "hard problem of consciousness," described well in "Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness" and "Consciousness and its Place in Nature." Chalmers gives various arguments...	22.6 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.qri.org The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries, Sheets, and Saddled Scenes	119.3 parsecs away Travel
\|		Content Warning: Trying to understand the contents of this essay may be mindwarping. Proceed with caution.	119.3 parsecs away Travel