timtyler comments on The Importance of Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 21 August 2010 02:56:01AM 1 point [-]

we actually know the probabilities

So, what is the probability that my house will burn? It may depend on whether I start smoking again. I hope the probability of both is low, but I don't know what it is.

I'm not sure exactly what the definition of Pascal's-Wager-like should be. Is there a definition I should read? Should we ask Prase what he meant? I understood the term to mean anything involving small estimated probabilities and large estimated utilities.

Comment author: timtyler 21 August 2010 07:03:33AM 0 points [-]

I understood the term to mean anything involving small estimated probabilities and large estimated utilities.

That would be my reading.