Just a single data point, but I would decline both the “brain surgery” and the “pills” (which are functionally identical). I would also turn down the “genie”. “Brain surgery”, “pills”, and “genie” in these stories mean only “somehow”.
Makes sense. I’m starting to suspect I overestimated the number of people who would take these deals, but I think there still would be more for the above than for the original thought experiments.
Just a single data point, but I would decline both the “brain surgery” and the “pills” (which are functionally identical). I would also turn down the “genie”. “Brain surgery”, “pills”, and “genie” in these stories mean only “somehow”.
Makes sense. I’m starting to suspect I overestimated the number of people who would take these deals, but I think there still would be more for the above than for the original thought experiments.