I think the conclusion is ‘repugnant’ because people don’t want to admit the extent to which they are anti-natalists.
There is a big proportion of current lives that, if I could instantiate an infinity of, I wouldn’t think it was a good thing. And the ‘repugnant conclusion’ is just them realizing they actually feel this way when asked if they would like to shut up and multiply a negative number by infinity.
I think the conclusion is ‘repugnant’ because people don’t want to admit the extent to which they are anti-natalists.
There is a big proportion of current lives that, if I could instantiate an infinity of, I wouldn’t think it was a good thing. And the ‘repugnant conclusion’ is just them realizing they actually feel this way when asked if they would like to shut up and multiply a negative number by infinity.