In this scenario you dont experience all possible experiences, only the experiences that actually arise during the course of history
On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 09:05:15PM -0700, Dennis Ochei wrote: > > > > > > Under Daniel Kolak's open individualism< > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_individualism> there > > exists one numerically distinct person who is everyone at all times. > What I > > want to explore is the implications of this theory for a self interested > > individual. For those unfamiliar with Open Individualism, you might > instead > > imagine a demon appears to you, and informs you that after you die you > will > > experience what it is like to be every person that ever lived. > > > > The only rational course of action seems to be to maximize utility across > > lives. Meaning if $1 will buy you in your current life 1 unit of utility, > > but would afford another person 10 units, it would be rationally self > > interested to donate the money, if you expect to experience what they > shall > > experience. This is essentially Singer's Effective Altruism at work. Are > > there any other rational courses of action if Open Individualism is true > > (or if the hypothetical demon appeared) and one is self interested? > > > > If you are going to be experiencing all possible experiences, anyway, then > what does it matter what you decide? > > This is an indication of level confusion. > > Possibly decision theory might work if future experiences are > discounted by how far in the future they are, but then how to work out > how far away the other person's experience is from you? > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected]<javascript:;> > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/S5Qi3Q_2TTI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
