Surely the incomprehensibly large number is part of the point of the question, otherwise why not use the set of all existing people being dust specked? ~7 billion dustmoted vs. 1 tortured?
Because 7 billion dust specks aren’t enough. Obviously.
The point of the question is an extremely large number of tiny disutilities compared to a single vast disutility. When you’re imagining 3^^^3 deaths instead and the destruction of the universe, you’re kinda missing the point.
A few posts up, I’ve already linked to some calculations about various scenarios. You can look at them, if you are really genuinely interested—but why would you be? It’s the principle of the thing that’s interesting, not some inexact numbers one roughly calculates.
Because 7 billion dust specks aren’t enough. Obviously.
The point of the question is an extremely large number of tiny disutilities compared to a single vast disutility. When you’re imagining 3^^^3 deaths instead and the destruction of the universe, you’re kinda missing the point.
What about 7 billion stubbed toes?
A few posts up, I’ve already linked to some calculations about various scenarios. You can look at them, if you are really genuinely interested—but why would you be? It’s the principle of the thing that’s interesting, not some inexact numbers one roughly calculates.