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wafflepudding comments on Counterfactual Mugging Alternative - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: wafflepudding 06 June 2016 06:53AM

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Comment author: wafflepudding 13 June 2016 10:11:35PM 0 points [-]

I am extremely satisfied with this description; I hadn't personally thought of it in such specific terms, and this would be a perfect way to say it. I'll admit I'm a bit confused why you would pay before but not after, considering that either one is done by a person to whom the prophecy is given 50% less often.