Comment by card_zero
3 hours ago
You know, if there was a hypnotic drug such that I could be sure I'd remember nothing (and many, many similar caveats), I'd volunteer to be caused all kinds of pain, because I don't see why I should care. The only moral angle I can see is the question of who would want it and why. Research maybe? In of itself, it doesn't seem bad.
If you're only concerned about the memory of the pain itself then time to start volunteering!
I had a very gruesome femur break decades ago. I can remember begging to be knocked out because of the pain but there's no memory of the pain itself.
Isn't that the same as submitting your clone to fear and torment because you will not have a lasting memory of surviving all that?
What's the practical difference other than timelike distance between you rather than spacelike distance?