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Clippy comments on Help: Is there a quick and dirty way to explain quantum immortality? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Clippy 26 October 2010 07:30:51PM 6 points [-]

Because it's obvious. Why is it obvious? Because I want to maximize the number of paperclips really existing in the universe, not the ones I directly observe existing -- so I can't just care about the paperclips in the branch that I will eventually experience decohering to.

Isn't it obivious?