JRMayne comments on Omega's subcontracting to Alpha - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JRMayne 17 March 2010 05:59:22AM 1 point [-]

Refuse the 10 pounds.

The assumptions that you'll move Omega around or otherwise alter Omega's pattern of behavior seems speculative. Maybe Omega's going fishing for a few hundred years. Maybe she's feeling frisky and generous. Maybe I got the problem wrong.

It appears there's some chance that I'm improving my chance at a million pounds by some amount. Those "somes" may not be high, but my problem-uncertainty makes it an easy call. I see no reason to expect a lower or higher number of Omega appearances based on my decision. To the extent this might be true, it's dwarfed by the additional chance at a million pounds.

Once I have my million pounds, I'm getting a restraining order against Omega. He's always trying to screw with me.

--JRM