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I don’t think that’s how it works.
How much future happiness would you need in order to choose to endure 50 years of torture?
That depends if happiness without torture is an option. The options are better/worse, not good/bad.
The simulated afterlife wouldn’t need to outweigh the suffering in the first universe according to our value system, only according to the value system of the aliens who set up the simulation.
I don’t think that’s how it works.
How much future happiness would you need in order to choose to endure 50 years of torture?
That depends if happiness without torture is an option. The options are better/worse, not good/bad.
The simulated afterlife wouldn’t need to outweigh the suffering in the first universe according to our value system, only according to the value system of the aliens who set up the simulation.