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fubarobfusco comments on Thoughts on a possible solution to Pascal's Mugging - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 02 August 2012 03:47:12AM -1 points [-]

Oh noes! What do I do now?

Unless you have some reason to believe H1 over H2 (or vice versa), stop wasting time pondering whether to throw quarters in the street. Introducing spurious infinities that just cancel out doesn't help you reason any.

Comment author: handoflixue 02 August 2012 08:10:35PM 0 points [-]

Or, in other words, a belief is only useful if you have evidence to support it over a belief in the opposite direction.