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wedrifid comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 July 2012 11:19:07PM 2 points [-]

should be the same as probabilities for other things we have very strong reason to believe are simply impossible: 1 - epsilon.

I'm pretty sure the probability of almost certainly impossible things being possible is lower than 1-epsilon. Except for very large values of epsilon.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 July 2012 02:03:59AM 2 points [-]

Indeed, for values of epsilon approaching one.