Manfred comments on Unpacking the Concept of "Blackmail" - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 December 2010 12:53AM

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Comment author: Manfred 19 December 2010 12:23:53AM 0 points [-]

Only one of possible-to-not-blackmail or his-noodliness-exists is consistent with the evidence, to very high probabilities.

Worlds, in the Tegmark-ey sense of a collection of rules and initial conditions, can quite easily be consistent or inconsistent.

You seem to be beating a confusing retreat here. I bet there's a better tack to take.