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Manfred comments on Discussion: Which futures are good enough? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 24 February 2013 05:48:45AM *  0 points [-]

Huh, I'm sure the answer is no. Could you explain?

Comment author: Decius 24 February 2013 07:51:47PM 1 point [-]

Trivially: consider the worst possible outcome. It is better than any outcome that has any difference. The complex statement which describes the worst case any other outcome is better.

I'm allowing for "both A and B" to qualify as a single error in the trivial case, and I think that violates the original spirit.