From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 14:06:48 MDT
Stumper of the Day:
If any finite lifetime isn't enough to fulfill your meaning of life, how
are you going to do it in infinite time? At any point in time, you'll
only have lived a finite amount of time.
(Answer below.)
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Answer:
If you have a goal whose fulfillment is a scalar quantity rather than a
qualitative yes-or-no, then infinite time is infinitely desirable, but
not necessary to the desirability of the finite case.
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