i.e. you can’t prove that there exists some finite number N, such that the number of possible lives in the future is at most N with probability 1,
I think you probably can? Edit: assuming current physics holds up, which is of course not probability 1. But I don’t think it makes sense to treat the event that it doesn’t seriously, in a Pascal’s mugging sense.
The topic under discussion is whether pascalian scenarios are a problem for utilitarianism, so we do need to take pascalian scenarios seriously, in this discussion.
I think you probably can? Edit: assuming current physics holds up, which is of course not probability 1. But I don’t think it makes sense to treat the event that it doesn’t seriously, in a Pascal’s mugging sense.
The topic under discussion is whether pascalian scenarios are a problem for utilitarianism, so we do need to take pascalian scenarios seriously, in this discussion.