You might be able to get a scenario like this without mind-copying by using a variety of Newcomb’s Problem.
You wake up without any memories of the previous day. You then see Omega in front of you, holding two boxes. Omega explains that if you pick the first box, you will be tortured briefly now. If you pick the second box, you won’t be.
However, Omega informs you that he anticipated which box you would choose. If he predicted you’d pick the first box, the day before yesterday he drugged you so you’d sleep through the whole day. If he predicted you’d pick the second box he tortured you for a very long period of time the previous day and erased your memory of it afterward. He acknowledges that torture one doesn’t remember afterwards isn’t as bad as torture one does, and assures you that he knows this and extended the length of the previous day’s torture to compensate.
It seem to me like there’d be a strong temptation to pick the second box. However, your self from a few days ago would likely pay to be able to stop you from doing this.
You might be able to get a scenario like this without mind-copying by using a variety of Newcomb’s Problem.
You wake up without any memories of the previous day. You then see Omega in front of you, holding two boxes. Omega explains that if you pick the first box, you will be tortured briefly now. If you pick the second box, you won’t be.
However, Omega informs you that he anticipated which box you would choose. If he predicted you’d pick the first box, the day before yesterday he drugged you so you’d sleep through the whole day. If he predicted you’d pick the second box he tortured you for a very long period of time the previous day and erased your memory of it afterward. He acknowledges that torture one doesn’t remember afterwards isn’t as bad as torture one does, and assures you that he knows this and extended the length of the previous day’s torture to compensate.
It seem to me like there’d be a strong temptation to pick the second box. However, your self from a few days ago would likely pay to be able to stop you from doing this.