Some of us are okay with rejecting Pascal’s Mugging by using heuristics and injunctions, even though the expected utility calculation contradicts our choice. Why not reject the basilisk in the same way?
For what it’s worth, over the last few weeks I’ve slowly updated to considering the ban a Very Bad Thing. One of the reasons: the CEV document hasn’t changed (or even been marked dubious/obsolete), though it really should have.
Tiny probabilities of vast utilities again?
Some of us are okay with rejecting Pascal’s Mugging by using heuristics and injunctions, even though the expected utility calculation contradicts our choice. Why not reject the basilisk in the same way?
For what it’s worth, over the last few weeks I’ve slowly updated to considering the ban a Very Bad Thing. One of the reasons: the CEV document hasn’t changed (or even been marked dubious/obsolete), though it really should have.