For me, utility is just a metaphor I use for expressing how much I value different world-states and thus what importance I give to helping them come into existence (or, in the case of world-states with negative utilities, what importance I give to preventing them from coming into existence.) You couldn’t prove that these equaled zero because it’s a purely subjective measurement.
Thus, after a bout of laughter, I would inform you of this, and probably give you some kind of pep talk so you didn’t go emo and be destructive while you rebuilt your utility system, if you hadn’t already.
Then, I would live life as I had before, hoping to eliminate a whole lot of suffering.
For me, utility is just a metaphor I use for expressing how much I value different world-states and thus what importance I give to helping them come into existence (or, in the case of world-states with negative utilities, what importance I give to preventing them from coming into existence.) You couldn’t prove that these equaled zero because it’s a purely subjective measurement.
Thus, after a bout of laughter, I would inform you of this, and probably give you some kind of pep talk so you didn’t go emo and be destructive while you rebuilt your utility system, if you hadn’t already.
Then, I would live life as I had before, hoping to eliminate a whole lot of suffering.