SforSingularity comments on Contrived infinite-torture scenarios: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SforSingularity 26 July 2010 09:57:09PM 4 points [-]

1) if something very bad is about to happen to you, what's your credence that you're in a rescue sim and have nothing to fear?

I'd give that some credence, though note that we've talking about subjective anticipation, which is a piece of humanly-compelling nonsense.

Comment author: daedalus2u 26 July 2010 10:08:54PM 4 points [-]

For me, essentially zero, that is I would act (or attempt to act) as if I had zero credence that I was in a rescue sim.