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Kindly comments on A solvable Newcomb-like problem - part 1 of 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Douglas_Reay 03 December 2012 09:26AM

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Comment author: Kindly 04 December 2012 02:36:37PM 0 points [-]

Would the problem be different if we changed the Alpha-Omega betting odds so that if Alpha wins 1 in 10000 times (which is still plausible given the data) then Alpha would make a profit?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 June 2013 09:09:11PM 0 points [-]

Alpha would be running away with it based on the flippers who one-boxed.