FAWS comments on Counterfactual Calculation and Observational Knowledge - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 31 January 2011 04:28PM

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Comment author: FAWS 02 February 2011 04:17:58AM 1 point [-]

No, in this problem Omega writes whatever you tell Omega to write, whether it's true or not. (Apparently Omega does not consider that a lie)

Comment author: Manfred 02 February 2011 09:11:28AM 0 points [-]

Ah, hm, I missed that. I'd just assumed "determine" was meant in the other sense. So there's no effect from being correct or incorrect? This post seems to get less interesting under more analysis.