It’s notable that a pilot study (N = 172, compared to N = 474 for the results given in Fig. 1) discussed in the supplementary materials of this paper suggests a stronger suffering/happiness asymmetry in people’s intuitions about creating populations. e.g. In response to the question, “Suppose you could push a button that created a new world with X people who are generally happy and 10 people who generally suffer. How high would X have to be for you to push the button?”, the median response was X = 1000.
It’s notable that a pilot study (N = 172, compared to N = 474 for the results given in Fig. 1) discussed in the supplementary materials of this paper suggests a stronger suffering/happiness asymmetry in people’s intuitions about creating populations. e.g. In response to the question, “Suppose you could push a button that created a new world with X people who are generally happy and 10 people who generally suffer. How high would X have to be for you to push the button?”, the median response was X = 1000.