Vaniver comments on What's the Value of Information? - Less Wrong

10 Post author: johnlawrenceaspden 29 August 2012 04:20PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 30 August 2012 07:45:34PM 1 point [-]

It could be indeed, but Oswald is known for his kindly and straightforward nature and wouldn't pull that sort of fast one.

It's not a fast one so much as careful attention to the setup. The first number on the sheet would be the first number in the title- which unambiguously specifies which sheet it is. If you change the setup to "the value of the first result," the point will be defused.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 31 August 2012 09:48:28AM 0 points [-]

good idea, will so change