DanArmak comments on Avoiding doomsday: a "proof" of the self-indication assumption - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 25 September 2009 06:37:16PM 0 points [-]

I now understand that the argument in the article is correct (and p=.99 in all scenarios). The formulation of the scenarios caused me some kind of cognitive dissonance but now I no longer see a problem with the correct reading of the argument.