From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 15:34:26 MST
Wei Dai wrote:
> If you don't have access to a deterministic computer (such as Egan's
> Qusp) then yes you have to say that the probability of the first bit
> of pi being 1 is also 1/2. I think the decision still comes out right
> in the end because you'd also think that if the first bit of pi is 1,
> then your current measure must be tiny and any bet you make on pi
> being 1 would lead to reward for only a tiny measure of observers.
>
> Lack of access to deterministic computers actually make things even
> more difficult than they already are, and I haven't worked out fully
> what you're supposed to do when your own brain is unreliable
> hardware. Let's assume that we do have deterministic brains to begin
> with. We can talk about non-deterministic brains later when we've
> worked out the easier case. So forget about the previous paragraph
> for now.
### What is a deterministic computer?
Rafal
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