Comment on Counterfactual Mugging

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:14:50 GMT

Common knowledge (I used the %29 ASCII code for ")").

I'm going to write up my new position on this topic. Nonetheless I think it should be possible to discuss the question in a more concise form, since I think the problem is that of communication, not rigor. You deceive your future self, that's the whole point of the comment above, make it believe that it wants to make an action that it actually doesn't. The only disagreement position that I expect is saying that no, the future self actually wants to follow that action.

I think the problem with your article wasn't that it was math-laden, but that you didn't introduce things in sufficient detail to follow along, and to see the motivation behind the math.

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