Eponymuse comments on Counterfactual Mugging - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eponymuse 23 March 2012 11:10:02PM 1 point [-]

Ah. But under mild assumptions about how Omega's simulation works, I can expect that with some probability p bounded away from zero, I am in a simulation. So with probability at least p, there is another universe I care about, and I can increase utility there.

So, I guess I do pay $100, but only because my utility function values the utility of others. I remain unconvinced that paying is winning for someone with a different utility function.