DanielLC comments on Why isn't the following decision theory optimal? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 16 April 2015 06:06:36AM 0 points [-]

But if you pay the blackmailer, then you didn't precommit to not paying him, in which case you'll wish you did since then you probably wouldn't get blackmailed. You'll act as if you precommit if and only of you do not.

Perhaps you'd end up precommitting to some probability of paying the blackmailer?