Manfred comments on The Ultimate Sleeping Beauty Problem - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Coscott 30 September 2013 12:48AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (39)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Manfred 30 September 2013 04:23:14AM 2 points [-]

It's like the St. Petersburg game except you gain money on even n and lose money on odd n.

Comment author: Coscott 30 September 2013 04:25:54AM 0 points [-]

That's right. What I said above was just stupid. Oops. It is not equivalent at all. I think the two problems are two instances of the same "paradox" though.