So basically we’re talking about turning all sentient life into black holes, or torturing everybody?
I mean, it depends on how good the torture we’re talking about is, and how long it will last. If it’s permanent and unchanging, eventually people will get used to it/evolve past it and move on. If it’s short-term, eventually people will get past it. So in either of those cases, torture is the obvious choice.
If, on the other hand, it’s permanent and adaptive such that all life is completely and totally miserable for perpetuity, and there is nothing remotely good about living, oblivion seems the obvious choice.
3^^^3 dust specks in everybody’s eye?
So basically we’re talking about turning all sentient life into black holes, or torturing everybody?
I mean, it depends on how good the torture we’re talking about is, and how long it will last. If it’s permanent and unchanging, eventually people will get used to it/evolve past it and move on. If it’s short-term, eventually people will get past it. So in either of those cases, torture is the obvious choice.
If, on the other hand, it’s permanent and adaptive such that all life is completely and totally miserable for perpetuity, and there is nothing remotely good about living, oblivion seems the obvious choice.