timtyler comments on Pascal's Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ata 08 May 2011 11:41:03PM 7 points [-]

it's no longer a Pascal mugging if the threat is credible.

That is backward. It is only a Pascal mugging if the threat is credible.

No, then it's just a normal mugging.

Comment author: timtyler 10 May 2011 09:03:15PM *  0 points [-]

it's no longer a Pascal mugging if the threat is credible.

That is backward. It is only a Pascal mugging if the threat is credible.

No, then it's just a normal mugging.

If the threat is not credible from the perspective of the target it may only be an attempted mugging - not a proper mugging at all.

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