wedrifid comments on The Presumptuous Philosopher's Presumptuous Friend - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 05 October 2009 01:00:53PM *  1 point [-]

He makes a prediction based on the nearby state of the universe that you model with an accuracy that approaches 1. If your mathematician can't handle that then find a better mathematician.

I shall continue to find Omega useful.

ETA: The part of the Newcomb problem that is actually hard to explain is that I am somehow confident that Omega is being truthful.