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Situation A: There are 3^^^^3 simulations of me, as well as myself. You come up to me and say "I'm going to torture forever one of our or your simulations, chosen randomly." Do I shrug and say, "well, whatever it 'certainly' won't be me" or do I scream in horror at the thought of you torturing a copy of me forever?
Situation B: There are me and 3^^^^3 other people in a rather large universe. You come up to me and say "I'm going to torture forever one of the people in this universe, chosen randomly." Do I shrug and say, "well, whatever, it 'certainly' won't be me" or do I scream in horror at the thought of you torturing someone forever?
What's the difference between these situations?
This is why I added Bob.
The difference is that a tiny risk of killing one, specific person is different to a certainty of killing any person, but not knowing who.