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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: red light / blue light scenario
Summary: Clever business deal
Keywords: problem of personal identity
Message-ID: <6520@pkmab.se>
Date: 27 Jan 92 10:29:04 GMT
References: <1992Jan24.022109.23048@convex.com> <1992Jan26.004726.24463@smsc.sony.com> <1992Jan26.223233.28580@convex.com>
Organization: Peridot Konsult i Mellansverige AB, Oerebro, Sweden
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In article <1992Jan26.223233.28580@convex.com> cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes:
>In article <1992Jan26.004726.24463@smsc.sony.com> markc@smsc.sony.com (Mark Corscadden) writes:
>>  choice 1
>>  Tomorrow, a duplicate of you will be created and awarded the medal.
>>  The original won't get anything.

>Hmmm. A suitable "motivational tool" for me would be $100 million dollars

It seems to me the "best" choice - one that would guarantee 100% success, not
50% or 10% - would be to take choice 1, after agreeing with yourself that the
duplicate will pay the original 50 million dollars for having been allowed to
be created. A certain chance of earning 50 million dollars in a moment, I
think, to most of us, would be better than a 90% chance or even a 50% chance
of getting nothing.

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