Thomas comments on LINK: Infinity, probability and disagreement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Thomas 05 March 2013 08:50:12AM -1 points [-]

Considering all the other ways that infinities make things crazy, I think that 50% might actually be the right answer, but I can't prove this.

So, the angel pairing makes you dice 6 in one half of all the cases. Without this, only in the every day 17%?

Does this also holds for the 1000000 sides dice?

(I also think that infinities make things crazy. But just too crazy, inconsistent in fact.)

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 March 2013 10:26:40AM 1 point [-]

Honestly, I don't have a clue!

Comment author: Thomas 05 March 2013 10:29:06AM 0 points [-]

I don't remember anyone saying this yet. Up - voted.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 06 March 2013 02:45:12AM 0 points [-]

Infinities don't make things inconsistent. People make things inconsistent.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 05 March 2013 06:31:42PM -2 points [-]

There's only inconsistency when you mix in the axiom of choice, which is implicitly done here.

Comment author: Thomas 05 March 2013 06:56:02PM 2 points [-]

Not true. If the ZF is consistent, ZFC is also. If ZFC isn't, neither is ZF.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 05 March 2013 07:34:33PM 0 points [-]

I was suggesting the outcome was inconsistent, in a non-mathematical sense of the term. It would perhaps better be described as a paradox of ZFC theory.

Comment author: DanielLC 06 March 2013 02:14:48AM 0 points [-]

There are only countably many people. The well-ordering of the integers is accepted in ZF. You only need the axiom of choice if you want to well-order a larger set.

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