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The Doomsday Invention

• FrankenPC 11y ago
  That NewYorker comic is priceless: “I’m starting a startup that helps other startups start up.”
• brohee 11y ago
  "No matter how improbable extinction may be, Bostrom argues, its consequences are near-infinitely bad; thus, even the tiniest step toward reducing the chance that it will happen is near-­infinitely valuable." I sure hope the journalist misquoted him.
  • dlss 11y ago
    Well, the math matches his quote if you use expected values. What value should we place on an extra 0.001% chance the world continues to exist?
    • brohee 11y ago
      Well it kind of dismiss the idea that all infinities are not equal.
      • dlss 11y ago
        Forgive me if I'm mistaken... but isn't there only one infinite value being considered here? edit: perhaps you are saying you have preferences between different universes most people would consider infinitely bad?