I think this post belongs in reddit.com/r/showerthoughts.
The topic has been discussed many times here, for example (by searching for torture and amnesia): http://lesswrong.com/lw/eap/expected_utility_and_utility_after_time/http://lesswrong.com/lw/8wi/inverse_pzombies_the_other_direction_in_the_hard/http://lesswrong.com/lw/eu/off_topic_thread_may_2009/bhc
I think this post belongs in reddit.com/r/showerthoughts.
The topic has been discussed many times here, for example (by searching for torture and amnesia): http://lesswrong.com/lw/eap/expected_utility_and_utility_after_time/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/8wi/inverse_pzombies_the_other_direction_in_the_hard/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/eu/off_topic_thread_may_2009/bhc