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Comment author: wedrifid 05 November 2012 03:47:39AM *  -1 points [-]

But do each of those Timeless Decision Theorists know precisely the same set of Timeless Decision Theorists as you do?

They don't need to. I just need to expect the political biases of the TDTists the others know to be just as likely to in one direction as the other.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 November 2012 03:56:17AM 0 points [-]

Um, no. Since one of the TDTists is yourself, and you already know your set of acquaintances.

Comment author: wedrifid 05 November 2012 06:34:34AM *  0 points [-]

Um, no. Since one of the TDTists is yourself, and you already know your set of acquaintances.

The grandparent seems correct and I don't see why "Um, no" is supposed to follow from the parent. It is possible that the amount of communication required to reach an agreement with Eugine would be too much to fit even on my rather verbose bumper sticker.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 November 2012 01:01:25AM 0 points [-]

The grandparent seems correct and I don't see why "Um, no" is supposed to follow from the parent.

It might be easier to see if you think of the case when you know only one other TDTist and he would vote for the other guy. However, you're not sure how many other TDTists he knows.