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lackofcheese comments on Simulation argument meets decision theory - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: pallas 24 September 2014 10:47AM

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Comment author: lackofcheese 24 September 2014 08:14:31PM 1 point [-]

I guess he's positing that you yourself might simulate the computer in order to figure out what happens.

You're right, though; I don't see any reason to actually do that, because you already have a sufficient specification to work out the consequences of all of your available strategies for the problem.