loup-vaillant comments on More Cryonics Probability Estimates - Less Wrong

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Comment author: loup-vaillant 19 December 2012 05:37:32PM *  0 points [-]

Hmm, regarding quantum immortality, I did think about it. Taken to its extreme, I could perform quantum suicide while tying the result of the quantum draw to the lottery. Then it occurred to me that the vast majority of worlds, in which I did not win the lottery, would contain one more sad mother. Such a situation scores far lower in my utility function than the status quo does.

I feel I should treat quantum suicide by cryostination the same way. The only problem is that the status quo bias works against me this time.

Comment author: homunq 19 December 2012 06:53:32PM 0 points [-]

Sorry: I edited the comment you were responding to to clarify my intended meaning, and now perhaps the (unintended?) idea you were responding to is no longer there.