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jlp comments on Can we decrease the risk of worse-than-death outcomes following brain preservation? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: jlp 22 February 2015 06:00:05PM 2 points [-]

I don't put any stock in the scary scenarios where an evil Omega tortures a gazillion of my revived clones for eternity.

Could you elaborate on this? I'd be curious to hear your reasoning.

Does "don't put any stock" mean P(x) = 0? 0.01? 1e-10?

Comment author: shminux 22 February 2015 07:00:29PM *  4 points [-]

It means the noise level, down there with Pascal's Wager/Mugger and fairy tales coming true. Assigning a number to it would mean giving in to Pascal's Mugging.

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