Larry_D'anna2 comments on The "Intuitions" Behind "Utilitarianism" - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 January 2008 04:29PM

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Comment author: Larry_D'anna2 28 January 2008 10:08:42PM -1 points [-]

Eliezer: it doesn't matter how big of a number you can write down. You are dealing with an asymptote. There is a limit to how bad momentary eye-irritation can be, no matter how many people it happens to. *no* *matter* *how* *many* *people*. That limit is far less than how bad a 50 year torture is.

let f(x) = (5x - 1)/x what is f(3^^^3)? It's 5, or close enough that it doesn't matter.