DanArmak comments on What makes you YOU? For non-deists only. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 11 November 2009 01:34:56AM 1 point [-]

I don't quite understand the idea that someone who accepted the original offer (timespan = 10 seconds) would turn down the offer for any greater timespan. Surely more lifespan for the original (or for any one copy) is a good thing? If you favor creation of clones at cost of your life, why wouldn't you favor creation of clones at no immediate cost at all?

Comment author: jasonmcdowell 11 November 2009 07:30:38AM *  1 point [-]

I like your point. I think I would accept such an offer with a greater time span, if N was > 1, if I knew how long I had and if I could be with my copies.

  1. The psychological stress of anticipating dying wouldn't be worth it to me for just N=1
  2. Not knowing when that one would die (only that he would) would be too psychologically stressful to be worth it.
  3. The one of me with an expiration date would live his remaining time differently than those who kept going. The ones of me who kept going would do things to honor him and fulfill his needs. The doomed one would expect them to do this.
  4. For longer expiration dates, we collectively would need greater compensation (more copies) to make it worth it.
Comment author: jasonmcdowell 11 November 2009 07:35:45AM 1 point [-]

For short time spans (1 second), I would accept N=1 for teleportation.

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