Vladimir_Nesov comments on David Deutsch on How To Think About The Future - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 April 2011 12:10:07AM 2 points [-]

And if I played Kasparov I might win. It's not a 100% guaranteed prediction.

The fallacy of gray? Between zero chance of winning a lottery, and epsilon chance, there is an order-of-epsilon difference. If you doubt this, let epsilon equal one over googolplex.