If we take utilitarianism at face value, what are the most likely candidates for the physical substrate of ‘a utilon’? Is it plausible there are multiple such substrates? Can we usefully speculate on any interesting properties they might have?
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If we take utilitarianism at face value, what are the most likely candidates for the physical substrate of ‘a utilon’? Is it plausible there are multiple such substrates? Can we usefully speculate on any interesting properties they might have?