Ziz update thread, started 19 February - eviltoast
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    2 days ago

    in order to dissuade hypothetical agents from blackmailing you

    There’s also a whole thing with Yud accepting the many worlds interpretation as obvious truth that leads to (some) rationalists believing that getting killed in one timeline helps your surviving parallel selves by bolstering your case of being unblackmailable by said hypothetical agents, who are also from the future, which is why you can’t negotiate with them directly.