Tripitaka comments on New Year's Prediction Thread (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tripitaka 03 January 2012 04:48:00PM -1 points [-]
Comment author: _ozymandias 04 January 2012 06:39:08AM 2 points [-]

I don't believe that that quite applies to my situation. I'm not predicting whether I'll choose right now to break up with my girlfriend (99.999% certainty I won't); I'm predicting whether at some point in the next year one of the future Ozymandiases, subtly different from me, will find zirself in a state in which zie wants to break up with zir girlfriend. I have already made up my mind to not break up; I'm predicting how likely I am to change my mind.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 07 January 2012 10:13:02PM 1 point [-]

Are you not certain of your future self's gender, or are you using Dr Dan Streetmentioner's grammar for time travelers?

Comment author: MixedNuts 07 January 2012 10:16:11PM 4 points [-]

While this is amusing, Ozy's pronoun is already "zie". You may want to look up "gender binary".