smoofra comments on Real-Life Anthropic Weirdness - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 April 2009 10:26PM

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Comment author: smoofra 05 April 2009 11:00:56PM -1 points [-]

I don't think it's an exception to the Agreement Theorem. All you have to do to to communicate the evidence is give your friend root access to your brain so he can verify you aren't lying. Of course Omega could have just rigged your brain so you think you survived a million QTI tests, but that possibility shouldn't worry your friend any more than it worries you.

also, BTW one of my Dad's ham radio buddies won the lottery recently.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 06 April 2009 04:35:49AM 2 points [-]

All you have to do to to communicate the evidence is give your friend root access to your brain so he can verify you aren't lying.

How does this give him any more evidence? I don't believe lying was ever a hypothesis.