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army1987 comments on Decision Theories: A Less Wrong Primer - Less Wrong

69 Post author: orthonormal 13 March 2012 11:31PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 17 March 2012 03:30:09PM * 0 points [-]

Well, i can implement omega by scanning your brain and simulating you.

Provided my brain's choice isn't affected by quantum noise, otherwise I don't think you can. :-)

Comment author: Dmytry 17 March 2012 03:37:48PM 0 points [-]

Good point. Still, the brain's choice can be quite deterministic, if you give it enough thought - averaging out noise.

Comment author: orthonormal 17 March 2012 04:26:25PM 2 points [-]

People with memory problems tend to repeat "spontaneous" interactions in essentially the same way, which is evidence that quantum noise doesn't usually sway choices.