swestrup comments on Counterfactual Mugging - Less Wrong

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Comment author: swestrup 19 March 2009 10:11:34AM 5 points [-]

I think my answer would be "I would have agreed, had you asked me when the coin chances were .5 and .5. Now that they're 1 and 0, I have no reason to agree."

Seriously, why stick with an agreement you never made? Besides, if Omega can predict me this well he knows how the coin will come up and how I'll react. Why then, should I try to act otherwise. Somehow, I think I just don't get it.