drnickbone comments on Newcomb's Problem and Regret of Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drnickbone 22 March 2012 08:13:42AM 0 points [-]

This looks pretty plausible to me, because it does seem there is some disutility to the simple fact of dying, regardless of how far in the future that happens. So U(live N years) always contains that disutility, whereas U(live forever) does not.