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1,2. Is there something which is the worst possible error, such that every future that does not contain that error is preferable to every future which does (for example, is the destruction of all earth-originating intelligence worse than anything which does not include it?)
I'm sure the answer is yes, but I'm not sure it's trivial to prove it.
Huh, I'm sure the answer is no. Could you explain?
Trivially: consider the worst possible outcome. It is better than any outcome that has any difference. The complex statement which describes the worst case any other outcome is better.
I'm allowing for "both A and B" to qualify as a single error in the trivial case, and I think that violates the original spirit.