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33 Post author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 05:27PM

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Comment author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 07:02:25PM 5 points [-]

You play a game that you could either win or lose. One person follows, so far as he or she is able, the tenets of timeless decision theory. Another person makes a decision by flipping a coin. The coin-flipper outperforms the TDTer.

Comment author: [deleted] 19 April 2012 08:22:43PM 2 points [-]

I'm not sure such a poor theory would survive having a solid theoretical background.