TheOtherDave comments on Thoughts on a possible solution to Pascal's Mugging - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 01 August 2012 04:21:04PM 0 points [-]

Agreed with all of that. (Not sure if you think we disagree on any of it.)

Comment author: evand 01 August 2012 06:11:56PM 0 points [-]

I assumed you did. I just thought it worth explicitly adding to the discussion that considering only some extraordinarily weird ideas when discussing extraordinarily weird events is a form of bias that seems to run rampant in hypotheticals around here. It's not just the one aspect you mentioned where our confidence should be shaken by such a result.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 01 August 2012 08:34:52PM 0 points [-]

Ah, gotcha... sure, agreed on all counts.