pnrjulius comments on Pascal's Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pnrjulius 07 April 2012 01:36:12AM 0 points [-]

Well, in that case, one possible response is for me to kill YOU (or report you to the police who will arrest you for threatening mass animal cruelty). But if you're really a super-intelligent being from beyond the simulation, then trying to kill you will inevitably fail and probably cause those 3^^^^3 people to suffer as a result.

(The most plausible scenario in which a Pascal's Mugging occurs? Our simulation is being tested for its coherence in expected utility calculations. Fail the test and the simulation will be terminated.)