RobbBB comments on Causal Universes - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 November 2012 04:08AM

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Comment author: RobbBB 29 November 2012 06:24:21AM 0 points [-]

The question is simply whether annihilating the universe has higher expected value than letting it continue. To determine that, you can't just compare the expected suffering of our future survival against the zero-level suffering of our nonexistence. You also have to factor in the positive experiences that are attainable should we survive, but not if we die.