randallsquared comments on The Moral Status of Independent Identical Copies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: randallsquared 01 December 2009 05:56:34AM 4 points [-]

Even a identity-as-process partisan will often prefer A to B, if they're risk averse (and I am both). I (always? not sure) prefer a certainty of X to 1% probability of X*100.

Comment author: jsalvatier 01 December 2009 10:38:42PM 2 points [-]

Remember that risk aversion does not exist in a value-vacuum. In normal circumstances you are risk averse in money because your first $100 is more valuable than your last $100. You have to solve the problem that wei_dai brought up in order to explain why you would be risk averse in #'s of simulations running.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 December 2009 02:17:42AM 1 point [-]

B. Enter into a fair gamble at 24:1 odds with their remaining money. If they win, they can use the winnings to keep all of the servers running. But if they lose, they have to shut down all copies.

Do you prefer this B to the (unmodified) A?

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