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Manfred comments on The Ultimate Sleeping Beauty Problem - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Coscott 30 September 2013 12:48AM

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Comment author: Manfred 30 September 2013 04:23:14AM 2 points [-]

It's like the St. Petersburg game except you gain money on even n and lose money on odd n.

Comment author: Coscott 30 September 2013 04:25:54AM 0 points [-]

That's right. What I said above was just stupid. Oops. It is not equivalent at all. I think the two problems are two instances of the same "paradox" though.