A question for comparison: would you rather have a 1/Googolplex chance of being tortured for 50 years, or lose 1 cent?
Whenever I drive, I have a greater than a 1/googlolplex chance of getting into an accident which would leave me suffering for 50 years, and I still drive. I’m not sure how to measure the benefit I get from driving, but there are at least some cases where it’s pretty small, even if it’s not exactly a cent.
Whenever one bends down to pick up a dropped penny, one has more than a 1/Googolplex chance of a slip-and-fall accident which would leave one suffering for 50 years.
Whenever I drive, I have a greater than a 1/googlolplex chance of getting into an accident which would leave me suffering for 50 years, and I still drive. I’m not sure how to measure the benefit I get from driving, but there are at least some cases where it’s pretty small, even if it’s not exactly a cent.
Whenever one bends down to pick up a dropped penny, one has more than a 1/Googolplex chance of a slip-and-fall accident which would leave one suffering for 50 years.
But you also slightly improve your physical fitness which might reduce the probability of an accident further down the line by more than 1/10^10^100.