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Either way, there is a way of experimentally testing my hypothesis (read "Permutation City" for an example) [..] the only way to know is to perform the experiment by yourself when the particular technology exists
Forgive me for being blunt, but the particular technology already exists, it's called "soaped rope", if you catch my drift. Applying razors to wrists (remember, along the road, not across the street!) or jumping off a sufficiently high building or other landmark should work too.
I'm curious to hear any justification to the idea that doing basically the same thing but in a tad fancier way could possibly result in a different outcome.