timtyler comments on Omega's subcontracting to Alpha - Less Wrong
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That seems like a reasonable analysis to me - assuming that you get to keep the contents of the envelope.
So: the solution depends on information about Omega's motivation not included in the problem description. Time to consult those mythology textbooks, methinks - so we have appropriate priors :-/
[edit: scratch this - I get it now!]