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0 pointsadamchalmers6y ago0 comments

I agree. This problem is still useful though, because to analyse a lot of counterfactual muggers, you must be able to analyse one mugger!

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MaxBarraclough6y ago

I agree that both problems are worth analysing, even if they're both absurd. Same goes for the Hangman's Paradox, a personal favourite. [0]

I gather that Pascal had never intended Pascal's Wager to be a watertight argument, it was intended more as a plaything for showing how unlikely it was anyone could make a watertight case for the existence of God.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman%27s_Paradox

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0 pointsadamchalmers6y ago0 comments

I agree. This problem is still useful though, because to analyse a lot of counterfactual muggers, you must be able to analyse one mugger!

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MaxBarraclough6y ago

I agree that both problems are worth analysing, even if they're both absurd. Same goes for the Hangman's Paradox, a personal favourite. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman%27s_Paradox

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