Well, I didn’t expect this to be the majority opinion. I guess I was too in my head.
But to explain my rationale: The effects of the two drugs only differ during the operation, their end results are identical. So after the operation, barring external records like bank account information, there is no way to even tell which drug I took, their result would be the same. Taking external records into consideration, the extra dollar in the bank would certainly be more welcomed.
The memory-inhibiting part was supposed to preclude the journey consideration. From a post-operation perspective, there is no experience of a “journey” to talk about. Now it’s clear to me that people would evaluate it regardless of the memory part.
I don’t think the end result is identical. If you take B, you now have evidence that, if a similar situation arises again, you won’t have to experience excruciating pain. Your past actions and decisions are relevant evidence of future actions and decisions. If you take drug A, your chance of experiencing excruciating pain at some point in the future goes up (at least your subjective estimation of the probability should probably go up at least a bit.) I would pay a dollar to lower my best rational estimate of the chance of something like that happening to me—wouldn’t you?
Well, I didn’t expect this to be the majority opinion. I guess I was too in my head.
But to explain my rationale: The effects of the two drugs only differ during the operation, their end results are identical. So after the operation, barring external records like bank account information, there is no way to even tell which drug I took, their result would be the same. Taking external records into consideration, the extra dollar in the bank would certainly be more welcomed.
The memory-inhibiting part was supposed to preclude the journey consideration. From a post-operation perspective, there is no experience of a “journey” to talk about. Now it’s clear to me that people would evaluate it regardless of the memory part.
I don’t think the end result is identical. If you take B, you now have evidence that, if a similar situation arises again, you won’t have to experience excruciating pain. Your past actions and decisions are relevant evidence of future actions and decisions. If you take drug A, your chance of experiencing excruciating pain at some point in the future goes up (at least your subjective estimation of the probability should probably go up at least a bit.) I would pay a dollar to lower my best rational estimate of the chance of something like that happening to me—wouldn’t you?