Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Buridan's ass and the psychological origins of objective probability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 03 April 2013 06:21:13AM *  1 point [-]

I don't think the analogy holds water. You're trying to make a point about breaking symmetries, but in the case of Buridan's ass you can play a mixed strategy where you choose each option with probability 1/2. There's no need to actually break the symmetry.