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142 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 January 2011 12:15AM

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Comment author: Clippy 03 January 2011 09:04:12PM 0 points [-]

I think you are partially correct in that the problem is ambiguous with respect to some deciding factors -- specfically, the agent's inferential capabilities -- and that there are disambiguations that make your method work. See my reply to User:Perplexed.