Putting a finite value on both an infinite lifespan of infinite pleasure and an infinite lifespan of torture allows people to avoid difficult decisions in utility maximization such as Pascal’s Mugging.
Maybe this is why so many people seem to naively express that they don’t actually want to live forever because they would get lonely and all their friends would die and etc. They’re actually enacting a smart strategy which provides protection from edge case situations. This strategy also benefits from having a low cost of analysis.
Putting a finite value on both an infinite lifespan of infinite pleasure and an infinite lifespan of torture allows people to avoid difficult decisions in utility maximization such as Pascal’s Mugging.
Maybe this is why so many people seem to naively express that they don’t actually want to live forever because they would get lonely and all their friends would die and etc. They’re actually enacting a smart strategy which provides protection from edge case situations. This strategy also benefits from having a low cost of analysis.