Although the hellish world scenario seems unlikely it might be important to consider. At least according to my own values things like being confined to children’s books and being injected with heroin would contribute very little negative utility (if negative at all) compared to even 1 in 1000 of enduring the worst psychologically possible torture for, say, a billion years.
Although the hellish world scenario seems unlikely it might be important to consider. At least according to my own values things like being confined to children’s books and being injected with heroin would contribute very little negative utility (if negative at all) compared to even 1 in 1000 of enduring the worst psychologically possible torture for, say, a billion years.