twanvl comments on The Empty White Room: Surreal Utilities - Less Wrong

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Comment author: twanvl 23 July 2013 04:09:10PM 3 points [-]

I would much rather have an indefinitely long Fun life than sit with frank in a white room for a few days until we both starve to death.

What if the room was already fun and you already had an infinite supply of nice food?

Comment author: BlindIdiotPoster 23 July 2013 04:23:36PM 0 points [-]

You could make an argument that it would still be right to take the offer, since me and frank will both die after a while anyway.

I expect I still probably wouldn't kill frank though, since: A: I'm not sure how to evaluate the utility of an infinite amount of time spent alone B: I would feel like shit afterwards C: Frank would prefer to live than die, and I would rather Frank live than die, therefore preference utilitarianism seems to be against the offer.