thomblake comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Larks 30 July 2010 11:59:49PM 0 points [-]

Request reason for downvote; Off-topic? Incorrect (e.g. not utility maximising)? Unclear? Sorry for whatever it was.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 31 July 2010 12:03:01AM 2 points [-]

That you "don't act differently" doesn't protect you from an inference from your motive.

Comment author: Larks 31 July 2010 12:19:44AM 0 points [-]

But Harry's inference will be the same regardless, as the evidence he gets doesn't differ between,

  • I flip, get lucky, and tell Harry heads and
  • I lie and tell Harry I flipped and got heads or even
  • I flip, get tails, and tell Harry heads.
Comment author: FAWS 31 July 2010 12:33:47AM 2 points [-]

If you are the sort of person who would do that Harry will assume that you lie if presented with that evidence unless you also successfully fool Harry as to what sort of person you are (and presumably he will default to not trusting you if unsure). Otherwise you are just wasting your time.

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