I was reading the Methods of Rationality, and I was reading the part about how it’s irrational to fear death. Well I came across “All x: Die(x) = Not Exist x: Not Die(x)” I really don’t get this.. I’m sorry, I’m not good at math. But does “x” here represent an unknown variable? If so, is it being like, multiplied when it’s put in parenthesis? Could this be put into a simpler equation?
Because I totally get the part where you either have to want to keep living, because I want to live right now, I’ll want to live tomorrow, so therefore I’ll want to live forever. And then if I want to not live forever, it would mean that I don’t really want to live very much.. Right?
This is what happens when someone who hasn’t a clue about math and science reads a smart fanfiction. But if someone could either verify the part about “All x: Die(x) = Not Exist x: Not Die(x)” being the correct formula, and then explaining why, that would be like, really cool.
How to write a mathematical formula on the fear of death?
I was reading the Methods of Rationality, and I was reading the part about how it’s irrational to fear death. Well I came across “All x: Die(x) = Not Exist x: Not Die(x)” I really don’t get this.. I’m sorry, I’m not good at math. But does “x” here represent an unknown variable? If so, is it being like, multiplied when it’s put in parenthesis? Could this be put into a simpler equation?
Because I totally get the part where you either have to want to keep living, because I want to live right now, I’ll want to live tomorrow, so therefore I’ll want to live forever. And then if I want to not live forever, it would mean that I don’t really want to live very much.. Right?
This is what happens when someone who hasn’t a clue about math and science reads a smart fanfiction. But if someone could either verify the part about “All x: Die(x) = Not Exist x: Not Die(x)” being the correct formula, and then explaining why, that would be like, really cool.
Thanks! :D