The Lifespan Dilemma — LessWrong
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One of our most controversial posts ever was "Torture vs. Dust Specks". Though I can't seem to find the reference, one of the more interesting uses…
x The Lifespan Dilemma — LessWrong Consequentialism Paradoxes Pascal's Mugging Utility Functions Frontpage 81 The Lifespan Dilemma by Eliezer Yudkowsky 10th Sep 2009 8 min read 223 81 One of our most controversial posts ever was " Torture vs. Dust Specks ". Though I can't seem to find the reference, one of the more interesting uses of this dilemma was by a professor whose student said "I'm a utilitarian consequentialist", and the professor said "No you're not" and told them about SPECKS vs. TORTURE, and then the student - to the professor's surprise - chose TORTURE. (Yay student!) In the spiri
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