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kilobug comments on [LINK] Bets do not (necessarily) reveal beliefs - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Cyan 27 May 2013 08:13PM

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Comment author: kilobug 28 May 2013 07:28:10AM 11 points [-]

Reminds me of Stephen Hawking betting against the existence of the black holes because, if they do exist, he would be so proud of having participating in their discovery and study he wouldn't care about losing a bet, and if they don't, winning the bet would slightly comfort him of spending so many years of his life studying something that doesn't exist.

Comment author: Alsadius 28 May 2013 07:43:49AM 0 points [-]

That was exactly the example I thought of.