MrHen comments on My Fundamental Question About Omega - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 10 February 2010 09:55:47PM 5 points [-]

So the fundamental puzzle of Omega is: what do you do if he tells you he has predicted you will give him $5?

And the answer is, "Whatever you want to do, but you want to give him $5." I guess I'm missing the significance of all this.

Comment author: MrHen 10 February 2010 09:59:41PM 0 points [-]

I thought it was obvious, but people are disagreeing with me, so... I don't know what that means.