Richard_Kennaway comments on For what X would you be indifferent between living X days, but forgetting your day at the end of everyday, or living 10 days? (terminally)

Richard_Kennaway 22 Sep 2020 17:42 UTC
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If you give a very very large value, do you also believe that all mortal lives are very-low-value, as they won’t have any memory once they die?
They are of no value to them, because they’re dead. They may be of great value to others.
- Dagon 22 Sep 2020 20:55 UTC
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  I recognize that time-value-of-utility is unsolved, and generally ignored for this kind of question. But I’m not sure I follow the reasoning that current-you must value future experiences based on what farther-future-you values.
  Specifically, why would you require a very large X? Shouldn’t you value value both possibilities at 0, because you’re dead either way?
  - Richard_Kennaway 22 Sep 2020 21:35 UTC
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    Specifically, why would you require a very large X? Shouldn’t you value value both possibilities at 0, because you’re dead either way?
    No, because I’m alive now, and will be until I’m dead. Until then, I have the preferences and values that I have.