Stuart_Armstrong comments on The Anthropic Trilemma - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 September 2009 03:34:45PM 0 points [-]

The third horn is a fake, being capable of being defined in or out of existence at will. It I am indifferent to my state ten seconds from now, it is true; if my current utility function includes a term for my state ten seconds from now, it is false.

The 'thread of subjective experience' is not the issue; whether I throw myself of the cliff, will depend on whether I am currently indifferent as to whether my future self will die.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 28 September 2009 06:45:46PM 0 points [-]

I don't follow you. You write

The third horn is a fake, being capable of being defined in or out of existence at will. It I am indifferent to my state ten seconds from now, it is true; if my current utility function includes a term for my state ten seconds from now, it is false.

What do you mean by calling the horn "fake"? What is the "it" that is true or false?