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bogdanb comments on Is a paperclipper better than nothing? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: bogdanb 28 May 2013 12:45:51AM 1 point [-]

Try this one: pick something, anything you want. How much would you value if it existed outside the universe? Use an expanding universe to throw it irrevocably outside your future light cone if “existing outside the universe" is making your brain cringe. Or use a cycling crunch/bang universe, and suppose it existed before the last crunch.