Would you prefer
C: 50% chance of living 1 happy minute. 50% chance of living 1 torture minute.
over both? If not, why not?
At those ratios, absolutely. I’m not sure how to explain why, since it just seems obvious that suicide would be preferable to a 50% chance of being tortured for a century. (I’m not sure at what what ratio it would become a real dilemma.)
Would you prefer
C: 50% chance of living 1 happy minute. 50% chance of living 1 torture minute.
over both? If not, why not?
At those ratios, absolutely. I’m not sure how to explain why, since it just seems obvious that suicide would be preferable to a 50% chance of being tortured for a century. (I’m not sure at what what ratio it would become a real dilemma.)