RichardKennaway comments on Less Wrong Polls in Comments - Less Wrong

79 Post author: jimrandomh 19 September 2012 04:19PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 20 September 2012 02:11:06PM *  4 points [-]

Should I do a weighted sum over descendant entities I deem fractionally me, or just over entities I deem "me"?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 20 September 2012 02:51:00PM *  1 point [-]

However you choose to calculate it, that's your estimate of remaining QALY's.

For descendant entities you deem fully "you", but with fractional chances of existing, see my reply to Luke.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 20 September 2012 03:03:41PM 1 point [-]

(nods) Saw that, makes sense. Just so you know, at least one "more" answer reflects, not a confident prediction that the answerer will live more than a millenium, nor a two-order-of-magnitude increase in quality of life, but a willingness to identify fractionally with billions of living people.