RE: Rationality of Disagreement (Was: Status of Superrationality)

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 22:54:57 MDT

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    Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote,
    > Eliezer Yudkowsky: "What's your estimated probability that the $20 bill
    > is yours?"
    > Nick Bostrom: "Fifteen percent."
    > Eliezer Yudkowsky: "Mine is twenty percent."
    > (Calculator referred to.)
    > Eliezer Yudkowsky: "I'll keep the twenty. Here's eight dollars and
    > fifty-seven cents."
    >
    > And that's how it works.

    This has got to be an example of a "friendly" con or "rational" swindle, but
    I must have missed the trick to it. :-) 

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Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP
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