Luke_A_Somers comments on The Absent-Minded Driver - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 06 June 2012 01:41:12PM 2 points [-]

Take 3 marbles out of the urn. Paint one of them blue, and then the other two red. Put all three in the second urn. Repeat

Yeah, yeah - white marbles are half-medusas, so if you can see more than one you die, or something.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 06 June 2012 02:44:25PM 0 points [-]

Taking more than one marble out of the urn at a time violates the task description. Don't fight the hypothetical!

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 07 June 2012 03:03:58PM 1 point [-]

... That's what the second paragraph is for...