Note that part of the point of using surreals is that you wouldn't be equally reluctant - you would be twice as reluctant if two lives were on the line than if one was, because 2ω = 2 * ω.

Thank you for explaining. I don't think I fully understood the formula explaining that surreal numbers are dense in tiers.

... that said, I'm heavily rethinking exactly what I'm using for my tiering argument, here.

Glad I was thought provoking!