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If it is worth spending a percentage of a finite life on it, why would it suddenly not be worth spending the same percentage of an infinite life on?
by cortesoft 6y ago
If it is worth spending a percentage of a finite life on it, why would it suddenly not be worth spending the same percentage of an infinite life on?
- rglullis 6y agoBecause of diminishing returns. If you want to build some piece of electronics, it helps if you know the value of pi to a certain precision. But does it really matter for someone making a guitar amp what is the 100th digit of pi? How many times have you done a Google search and went beyond the first page to check if you find what you were looking for? If Michael Phelps were to live forever, how many Olympic Games and Gold medals would it take for him to say "you know what? I am tired of spending 30 hours per week on a swimming pool. Gimme a hit of that bong."? If historians had access to the recorded history of 1% of the population, we certainly would have a better understanding of the past. 10%, even more. But would this understanding change in any significant way if we had access to 50%, 80%, 100%?