OccamsTaser comments on Counterfactual Mugging - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fractalman 21 July 2013 05:38:54AM *  -2 points [-]

How much do you know about many worlds, anyways? My alternate self very much does exist, the technical term is possibility-cloud which will eventually diverge noticeably but which for now is just barely distinguishable from me.

there you go.

Comment author: OccamsTaser 21 July 2013 07:19:13AM 1 point [-]

My alternate self very much does exist

Given that many-worlds is true, yes. Invoking it kind of defeats the purpose of the decision theory problem though, as it is meant as a test of reflective consistency (i.e. you are supposed to assume you prefer $100>$0 in this world regardless of any other worlds).