Jack comments on Updating, part 1: When can you change your mind? The binary model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 07 June 2010 08:12:04PM *  3 points [-]

Beauty probably knew what day it was before the experiment started.

Yes. And throughout the experiment she knows what day it was before the experiment started. What she doesn't know is the new day. This is the second or third time I've said this. What don't you understand about an indexical shift?

"Your priors are a function of your existing knowledge. If that knowledge is deleted, your priors may change."

The knowledge that Beauty has before the experiment is not deleted. Beauty has a single anticipated experience going into the experiment. That anticipated experience occurs. There is no new information to update on.

You don't seem to be following what I'm saying at all.