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If you had to decide whether to bring the Universe into existence or not, what would you do?
Added May 16, 2015
An abstract situation - the Universe doesn't exist yet and it's up to you whether to bring it to existence or not. All you must do is choose one of the 3 options. No matter what you decide, your existence ends definitively right after the decision. You're just your mind and you have no family, friends, memory, etc., but you have your conscience and the knowledge about the life and the Universe. If you decide yes, the Universe will look as we know it. If you decide no, there will be nothing "forever" (abstraction). What is your decision?
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Do you choose "No"?
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Would you kill baby Adolf Hitler?
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Would you rather be your favorite person in the history a day before their death, or a newborn free eagle?
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To be, or not to be?
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Would you choose to be born blind or to be blind since the age of 10?
Would you visit a zoo of extinct cloned animals, made for human entertainment?
Would you choose to spend 5 years in prison or 9 years but be free every even year?
If you were a Jedi and they invited you, would you choose the light or the dark side of the Force?
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What is better to preserve - mental stability or creativity?
If you were the CEO of DeepMind, would you sell the company to Google, like DeepMind did?