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Comment author: jimrandomh 05 March 2013 05:19:08AM *  6 points [-]

The probability is 5/6 all the way through to the end. The two identical twins each know that they rolled six ifef the other didn't, but the pairing procedure gives them unequal measure; they do not exist to the same degree. Thus, the relation between die roll and measure acts as a piece of evidence that it is the other one who rolled six - but this is non-transferrable anthropic evidence, so they are prevented from using each others' evidence to reach agreement.

(This sort of thing is more sensible when you have a utility or preference function to embed the world-model into; this forces you to be clearer about what is being measured by probability.)

Comment author: DanielLC 06 March 2013 02:05:09AM 1 point [-]

they do not exist to the same degree.

How does that work?