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Comment author: gwern 04 February 2011 04:48:20PM 0 points [-]

No problem. I wasn't sure I was being fair in inferring that the bots were necessary. If they aren't necessary, then by the same exact logic, our probability ought to go up - 'A v B ~> C' is stronger than 'A ~> C'. (The more independent pathways to a result, the more likely one will work within a certain time span.)