Pleasurable experiences. My life facilitates them, but it doesn’t have to be “my” life. Anyone’s life will do.
And why do you think it’s rational to want this, but not to want one’s own survival?
Because it feels good. My ongoing survival leaves me cold entirely.
How would you distinguish this, as a “rational” reason, from “emotional” reasons, as you did in your previous comment?
Then wireheading is the best solution. The interesting fact is that wireheading anyone else would give you as much utility as wireheading you.
Pleasurable experiences. My life facilitates them, but it doesn’t have to be “my” life. Anyone’s life will do.
And why do you think it’s rational to want this, but not to want one’s own survival?
Because it feels good. My ongoing survival leaves me cold entirely.
How would you distinguish this, as a “rational” reason, from “emotional” reasons, as you did in your previous comment?
Then wireheading is the best solution. The interesting fact is that wireheading anyone else would give you as much utility as wireheading you.