Sewing-Machine comments on Dutch Books and Decision Theory: An Introduction to a Long Conversation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: handoflixue 22 December 2010 12:18:44AM 1 point [-]

It would seem that something is "Dutch Bookable" so long as the sum of probabilities doesn't add up to 1, which should not be a very difficult task at all.

I'm hoping this helps you clarify the question, since I feel like this answer probably doesn't actually address your intent :)

Comment author: [deleted] 22 December 2010 04:51:05AM 0 points [-]

Everyone's of course right. But it means I don't see a place for my train of thought to go.