cousin_it comments on The Lifespan Dilemma - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: cousin_it 15 September 2009 02:00:04PM 0 points [-]

Maximising the total is my best bet only so long as I don't know which one I am.

Did you mean, maximizing the average? Because your decisions could also affect how many copies get created.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 15 September 2009 06:34:13PM 0 points [-]

I was considering the number of copies as fixed, which makes the two maximisations equivalent; if it is not fixed, then sure, substitute 'average' for 'total'.

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