Morendil comments on Conditioning on Observers - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Jonathan_Lee 11 May 2010 05:15AM

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Comment author: Morendil 12 May 2010 08:24:10AM 0 points [-]

What is supposed to happen, in "Probabilistic Sleeping Beauty", if the coin comes up heads and the die doesn't come up k?

Comment author: Jonathan_Lee 12 May 2010 07:27:42PM 0 points [-]

You're woken with a big sign in front of you saying "the experiment is over now", or however else you wish to allow sleeping beauty to distinguish the experimental wakings from being allowed to go about her normal life.

Failing that, you are never woken; it shouldn't make any difference, as long as waking to leave is clearly distinguished from being woken for the experiment.