AnotherIdiot comments on Torture vs. Dust Specks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AnotherIdiot 27 June 2012 11:29:53PM *  0 points [-]

This is sort of avoiding the question. What if you made the choice, but then had your memory erased about the whole dilemma right afterwards? Assuming you knew before making your choice that your memory would be erased, of course.

Comment author: Salivanth 06 July 2012 03:49:07AM 1 point [-]

Then I choose the torture. I've grown a bit more comfortable with overriding intuition in regards to extremely large numbers since my original reply 3 months ago.