If not remembering it makes it not matter, nobody can remember anything after they die, and everyone’s going to die, wouldn’t that mean nothing matters?
My answer is that there’s no persistent her. The past is every bit as real as the present, and the her from the surgery is just as real as the present her.
Like I said, all the memories being erased afterwards is a given.
From the point of view of amnesiac future me, it would be just like I had payed for someone else to have a pleasant experience, which I wouldn’t remember for obvious reasons.
If not remembering it makes it not matter, nobody can remember anything after they die, and everyone’s going to die, wouldn’t that mean nothing matters?
My answer is that there’s no persistent her. The past is every bit as real as the present, and the her from the surgery is just as real as the present her.
Would you pay $10 to have [extremely pleasant experience of your choice] for one hour, but have all the memories of it erased immediately afterwards?
Like I said, all the memories being erased afterwards is a given.
From the point of view of amnesiac future me, it would be just like I had payed for someone else to have a pleasant experience, which I wouldn’t remember for obvious reasons.