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Lumifer comments on The Sleeping Beauty problem and transformation invariances - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 24 August 2015 03:06:54AM *  1 point [-]

any prior be invariant under the acquisition of new information

I can't see how this is a useful requirement in practice. Consider a trivial example of a misunderstanding.

As a more general observation, new information can change your set of possible outcomes.