Fanaticism is the idea that tiny probabilities of huge payoffs can have enormous expected value. A world filled with fanatical agents can be almost certain to be void of value—and by their own choice.
As a person with unbounded utility, I think I just bite the bullet here. Yes, it seems a bit unintuitive, but all views will have to say weird things about cases with tiny odds of huge payouts and I think the unbounded utility solution is the least bad one.
As a person with unbounded utility, I think I just bite the bullet here. Yes, it seems a bit unintuitive, but all views will have to say weird things about cases with tiny odds of huge payouts and I think the unbounded utility solution is the least bad one.