Whoops, thanks for the correction On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:10:36 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 5/13/2014 9:39 PM, Dennis Ochei wrote: > > I think you'll enjoy what I uploaded. I definitely had a "Hey! I thought > of that" moment when I read it. > > > if this goes on forever, your $1 becomes $1 x infinity, and the > difference between that and $10 x infinity is, well, nothing! > > Would the number of iterations actually be infinite? Or would it merely > approach infinity while remaining finite? If it's the second then the > difference between the two choices grows without bound. > > In the multiverse scenario, the redistribution always happens and always > doesn't happen so it doesn't matter what choice any agent makes. However, > it might effect the measure of the outcomes, if that matters. > > > that everyone who will live in it is gathered together and magically > made to forget who they are, and in particular, their position in society > > This is John Stuart Mill's Veil of Ignorance :) > > > *John Rawls* Veil of Ignorance. In Rawls ethical theory one agrees on > how society will work without knowing what position one will have in that > society. > > Brent >
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