In this sense, it may matter a non\-zero amount whether people think that the rational course of action in the simplified Parfit's Hitchhiker dilemma is to pay \$1,000 even after already reaching town, or if it is rational to die in the desert\.
Is simplified Parfit's Hitchhiker the same as what was described above? I'm uncertain because this is the first time on the page that it's been called "simplified."