shminux comments on Pascal's Muggle (short version) - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 May 2013 11:36PM

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Comment author: shminux 06 May 2013 02:28:35AM 4 points [-]

Suppose a poorly-dressed street person offers you five dollars in exchange for doing a googolplex's worth of good using his Matrix Lord powers - say, saving the lives of a googolplex other people inside computer simulations they're running.

Shouldn't it be "asks you for five dollars"?

Comment author: pinyaka 06 May 2013 06:15:36PM 2 points [-]

I'd be even more wary of Pascal's gifting than his mugging.

Comment author: shminux 08 May 2013 09:35:02PM 3 points [-]

Hmm, I wounder if there is a version of Pascal gifting worth pondering. "The anti-mugger says 'I will pay you $5 if..'" what?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 May 2013 05:41:44AM 1 point [-]

Fixed.

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