John_Maxwell_IV comments on My Fundamental Question About Omega - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 14 February 2010 08:41:45PM 0 points [-]

Suppose that Omega, as defined above, appears before you and says that it predicted you will give it $5. What do you do? If Omega is a perfect predictor, and it predicted you will give it $5... will you give it $5 dollars?

A mugger will soon come up to me with a gun and make me choose between my life and $5 for his buddy Omega. That's my prediction.

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