Well, the point I was trying to make was supposed to be abstract and general. Nick Bostrom’s Pascal’s Mugging piece argues for a very similar (if not identical) point. Thanks for letting me know about this.
And yes, I’m bad at dealing with small probabilities. I feel that these evoke some philosophical questions about the nature of probability in general—or whatever we talk about when we talk about probabilities.
The nonlinear utility of money?
Well, the point I was trying to make was supposed to be abstract and general. Nick Bostrom’s Pascal’s Mugging piece argues for a very similar (if not identical) point. Thanks for letting me know about this.
And yes, I’m bad at dealing with small probabilities. I feel that these evoke some philosophical questions about the nature of probability in general—or whatever we talk about when we talk about probabilities.