DanielVarga comments on My Fundamental Question About Omega - Less Wrong

6 Post author: MrHen 10 February 2010 05:26PM

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Comment author: Cyan 10 February 2010 08:56:40PM *  1 point [-]

If Omega runs a simulation in some cases (say, due to insufficiency of lesser predictive techniques), and in some of those cases the simulated individual tells Omega to buzz off, has Omega lied to those simulated individuals? (I phrase this as a question because I haven't been closely following your reasoning, so I'm not arguing for or against anything you've written so far -- it's a genuine inquiry, not rhetoric.)

Comment author: DanielVarga 11 February 2010 09:43:13PM 0 points [-]

Very clever. The statement "Omega never lies." is apparently much less innocent than it seems. But I don't think there is such a problem with the statement "Omega will not lie to you during the experiment."