wedrifid comments on The Lifespan Dilemma - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 September 2009 06:45PM

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Comment author: lavalamp 10 September 2009 07:20:18PM 4 points [-]

If you pay me just one penny, I'll replace your 80% chance of living for 10^(10^10) years, with a 79.99992% chance of living 10^(10^(10^10)) years.

I've read too many articles here, I saw where you were going before I finished this sentence...

I still don't buy the 3^^^3 dust specks dilemma; I think it's because a dust speck in the eye doesn't actually register on the "bad" scale for me. Why not switch it out for 3^^^3 people getting hangnails?

Comment author: wedrifid 11 September 2009 11:48:32AM 1 point [-]

I've read too many articles here, I saw where you were going before I finished this sentence...

You mean... you didn't get it from just reading the title?