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53 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 February 2008 08:53PM

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Comment author: Unknown 02 February 2008 10:17:25AM 8 points [-]

Ian, no, the jester didn't presume the text was true: he simply presumed the first inscription was either true or false, and the problem arose from this presumption.

In my example, on the other hand, the statement is actually true or false, but Eliezer can never know which (if he doesn't decide, then it is false, but he will never know this, since he will be undecided.)