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RichardKennaway comments on Pascal's Mugging as an epistemic problem - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 05 October 2010 11:45:33PM 0 points [-]

If you give this mugger 10 bucks, then ANYONE IN THE WORLD can walk up to you and take 10 bucks from you as many times as they want using the same logic.

Mhm, which leads to debate about cryonics. Is it in the reference class of 'magic' or 'speculative investment'?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 06 October 2010 09:30:40AM 0 points [-]

If they promise you a post-Singularity awakening, it's magic, otherwise it's speculative investment.

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