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Comment author: selylindi 13 October 2014 05:30:38AM *  0 points [-]

If you stick with subjective probability, and assume an appropriate theory of mind, then your subjective probability of experiencing paradise would be about 1000/1001 in the first case, about 0 in the latter case.

If we're talking about some sort of objective probability, then the answer depends on the details of which theory of mind turns out to be true.