staticIP comments on A possible solution to pascals mugging. - Less Wrong

-19 Post author: staticIP 13 October 2012 12:00AM

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Comment author: staticIP 13 October 2012 12:27:13PM 0 points [-]

In this case my judgement of the probabilities is that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.

Do you consider my pascals mugging to be less likely then the general examples of the genre, or do you think that all pascals muggings" probabilities are that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat."

Comment author: DuncanS 13 October 2012 09:52:36PM 0 points [-]

It surely depends on one's estimate of the numbers. It seems worthwhile doing something about possible asteroid impacts, for example.