army1987 comments on Exterminating life is rational - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (272)
Or unless your utility function is bounded above, and the utility you assign to the status quo is more than the average of the utility of dying straight away and the upper bound of your utility function, in which case Omega couldn't possibly double your utility. (Indeed, I can't think of any X right now such that I'd prefer {50% X, 10% I die right now, 40% business as usual} to {100% business as usual}.)