Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Tendencies in reflective equilibrium - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 July 2011 02:29:10AM 2 points [-]

I don't think that Pascal's Mugging puts pressure on Bayesianism, I think it puts pressure on Solomonoff-type priors - Robin's anthropic answer is the one I currently find most appealing. The Lifespan Dilemma puts a lot more pressure on EU, in my book.

Comment author: cousin_it 25 July 2011 08:33:51PM *  3 points [-]

Robin's anthropic answer is the one I currently find most appealing.

But it doesn't seem to address the case where the mugger threatens to torture 3^^^^3 kittens...