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RowanE comments on Baysian conundrum - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RowanE 14 October 2014 07:27:05PM 0 points [-]

I imagine that for the one minute between 10:59 and 11:00, my emotional state would be dominated by excitement about whether this crazy idea will actually work, and maybe if I can snap my fingers at just a second before the time on the clock switches, it'll be like I actually just cast a magic spell that teleports me to a tropical paradise. There's also the fun of the moments when first arriving in a tropical paradise and realising that it actually worked, which is a bit wireheadey to invoke repeatedly 1,000 times, but the fact that it's to fulfil a past oath should justify it enough to not feel icky about it.