Jonathan_Graehl comments on Exterminating life is rational - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 06 August 2009 11:28:00PM 0 points [-]

"if your utility is at risk of going negative; it's not possible that you would not accept a .999% risk". I assume you mean that if my utility is around 0, and things are trending toward worse, I should be happy to accept a 99.9% chance of destroying the universe (assuming I'm the .1% possibility gives me some improvement).

"Is life barely worth living? Buy a lottery ticket, and if you don't win, kill yourself - you win either way!" - probably not the best marketing campaign for the state-run lottery.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 06 August 2009 11:49:37PM *  1 point [-]

"if your utility is at risk of going negative; it's not possible that you would not accept a .999% risk"

Look at where the semicolon is. You've combined the end of one clause with the beginning of a different clause.

"Is life barely worth living? Buy a lottery ticket, and if you don't win, kill yourself - you win either way!" - probably not the best marketing campaign for the state-run lottery.

I wrote a post on that..