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helltank comments on Baysian conundrum - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: helltank 16 October 2014 09:08:49AM 0 points [-]

I'm really having a lot of trouble understanding why the answer isn't just:

1000/1001 chance I'm about to be transported to a tropical island 0 chance given I didn't make the oath.

Assuming that uploaded you memory blocks his own uploading when running simulations.