gjm comments on Open thread, Nov. 23 - Nov. 29, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 25 November 2015 02:13:29PM 1 point [-]

I don't think this is correct. See my reply to AstraSequi.

(But I'm not certain I've understood what you're proposing, and if I haven't then of course your analysis and mine could both be right.)

Comment author: Viliam 25 November 2015 02:38:51PM *  0 points [-]

Oops, you're right.

Using the words from my previous comment, now the trick seems to be that 'heads occurring separately are on average balanced by heads occurring in long sequences' -- but according to the rules of the game, you get only one point of reward for a long sequence, while you could get multiple punishments for the separately occuring heads, if they appear in different series. Well, approximately.