In this reformulation it feels obvious to me that I should pay the same amount in both cases. But it’s not obvious to me that the reformulation is equivalent to the original problem, because dying is not necessarily the same as surviving but losing all your utility, if some of the utility is due to experiences you can only get when you’re alive.
I agree. But am I wrong to think that your exchange with steven0461 already cleared this up as much as it is possible?
By the way, it is amusing that Michael Dekker got his version by getting rid of the blood in Zeckhauser’s version, and Zeckhauser got his version by adding some blood to Allais’ version.
In this reformulation it feels obvious to me that I should pay the same amount in both cases. But it’s not obvious to me that the reformulation is equivalent to the original problem, because dying is not necessarily the same as surviving but losing all your utility, if some of the utility is due to experiences you can only get when you’re alive.
I agree. But am I wrong to think that your exchange with steven0461 already cleared this up as much as it is possible?
By the way, it is amusing that Michael Dekker got his version by getting rid of the blood in Zeckhauser’s version, and Zeckhauser got his version by adding some blood to Allais’ version.