Side note: This seems like a completely different topic from your top level comment. Kind of weird to start a mostly tangential argument inside an unresolved argument thread.
You’d still be better off creating the 1M x 100 world than the (1M + 1) x (100 - ε) world.
Where does (1M + 1) come from?
In the post Ben mentions that manufacturer doing hundreds of experiments, not millions. Of course, in the limiting case the smallest quality drop can and will be observed, but I believe Ben is not talking about that.
Even we use the 1M base figure, it doesn’t explain why it is +1 rather than e.g. +1000
You are assuming that the icecream manufacturer is trying to maximise aggregate utility, which seems obviously false to me.
Both of my comments were about the thought experiment at the end of the post:
You are given a moral dilemma, either a million people will get an experience worth 100 utility points each, or a million + 1 people will get 99 utility points each. The first option gets you more utility total, but if we take the second option we get one more person served and nobody else can even tell the difference.
Side note: This seems like a completely different topic from your top level comment. Kind of weird to start a mostly tangential argument inside an unresolved argument thread.
Where does (1M + 1) come from?
In the post Ben mentions that manufacturer doing hundreds of experiments, not millions. Of course, in the limiting case the smallest quality drop can and will be observed, but I believe Ben is not talking about that.
Even we use the 1M base figure, it doesn’t explain why it is +1 rather than e.g. +1000
You are assuming that the icecream manufacturer is trying to maximise aggregate utility, which seems obviously false to me.
Both of my comments were about the thought experiment at the end of the post:
I apologize. Should have searched before talking.