Armok_GoB comments on Problem of Optimal False Information - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Endovior 15 October 2012 09:42PM

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 16 October 2012 01:37:50PM 0 points [-]

Can I inject myself with a poison that will kill me within a few minutes and THEN chose the falsehood?

Comment author: Endovior 16 October 2012 01:43:46PM *  0 points [-]

Suicide is always an option. In fact, Omega already presented you with it as an option, the consequences for not choosing. If you would in general carry around such a poison with you, and inject it specifically in response to just such a problem, then Omega would already know about that, and the information it offers would take that into account. Omega is not going to give you the opportunity to go home and fetch your poison before choosing a box, though.

EDIT: That said, I find it puzzling that you'd feel the need to poison yourself before choosing the falsehood, which has already been demonstrated to have positive consequences for you. Personally, I find it far easier to visualize a truth so terrible that it leaves suicide the preferable option.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 16 October 2012 03:31:38PM 0 points [-]

I never said I would do it, just curious.