Vladimir_Nesov comments on Rooting Hard for Overpriced M&Ms - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_J_Balan 28 November 2009 09:22:54PM 0 points [-]

Eliezer and 10phil,

It's true that if I knew my total wealth exactly, then finding out that what I thought was a $5 was really a $1 would only tell me something about how much of that wealth was in my wallet and how much wasn't. But in fact I don't know my wealth to within anything like $4. Given the state of my knowledge, if what I thought was a $5 turned out to be a $1, it really does mean that I was (paradoxically happily) finding out that I was $4 poorer than I thought I was. Doesn't it?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 November 2009 09:33:29PM *  -2 points [-]

Given the state of my knowledge, if what I thought was a $5 turned out to be a $1, it really does mean that I was (paradoxically happily) finding out that I was $4 poorer than I thought I was. Doesn't it?

*Omega darkly shook his head*

Comment author: David_J_Balan 28 November 2009 09:37:50PM 0 points [-]

I don't get it.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 November 2009 09:43:52PM 0 points [-]

No meaning intended.

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