Many people were able to and reasonable decisions before expected utility theory was discovered/invented/formalized.
I agree that thinking about digital minds and simulations makes important questions more intuitive, but (a) most people thinking about them have not written down any formal decision theories, and (b) many philosophers and ppl in AI got basic things wrong even after those arguments were made in the past / are still wrong about them today.
Many people were able to and reasonable decisions before expected utility theory was discovered/invented/formalized.
I agree that thinking about digital minds and simulations makes important questions more intuitive, but (a) most people thinking about them have not written down any formal decision theories, and (b) many philosophers and ppl in AI got basic things wrong even after those arguments were made in the past / are still wrong about them today.