Oligopsony comments on Pascal's Muggle: Infinitesimal Priors and Strong Evidence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oligopsony 16 May 2013 03:17:53AM 1 point [-]

With respect to this being a "danger," don't Boltzmann brains have a decision-theoretic weight of zero?

Comment author: James_Miller 16 May 2013 05:02:33AM 1 point [-]

Why zero? If you came to believe there was a 99.99999% chance you are currently dreaming wouldn't it effect your choices?