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

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 04 August 2012 04:27:38PM *  1 point [-]

So how does the problem look when the "mugger" "only" asks of you something that (as best you can determine?) doesn't cost you anything and doesn't benefit them either?

Attention is a scarce resource. Listenning to the "mugger" already costs me something.

Comment author: SilasBarta 05 August 2012 10:22:37PM 0 points [-]

True, but you don't know what the person (not yet known to be a mugger) is saying until you listen! And you can't quite avoid that cost unless you avoid all communication with strangers (though some consider that route reasonable).

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