Alicorn comments on Bead Jar Guesses - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Alicorn 04 May 2009 06:59PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 04 May 2009 09:16:51PM 0 points [-]

Well, Omega doesn't really need the money. There's no reason to believe he would balk at offering you a more-than-fair bet.

Comment author: JGWeissman 04 May 2009 09:33:44PM 0 points [-]

Well, in the case of Omega, I would at least suspect that he intends to demonstrate that I am vulnerable to a Dutch book, even though he doesn't need the money.

Comment author: Nominull 04 May 2009 11:28:26PM 7 points [-]

If you meet an Omega, that is pretty good evidence that you are living in a simulation: specifically, you are being simulated inside a philosopher's brain as a thought experiment.