Sorry, I meant to type "10 future branches, all of which contain a copy of both Alice and Bob".
On 10 June 2014 12:49, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 June 2014 16:02, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perhaps Alice gets future A with probability 0.9 and future B with >> > p=0.1, and Bob vice versa. >> > > Sorry to be obtuse but I can't see how this works. Please could you spell > it out as I tried to do, e.g. by assuming there are 10 future branches, > both containing a copy of Alice and Bob. How does Alice get A with 0.9, > etc? It doesn't appear to add up, but I may be missing something... > >> >> Then there would be no zombies. But then the influence on subjective >> probabilities is no longer infallible. >> >> You pays your money, and you takes your choices :). >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >> Principal, High Performance Coders >> Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] >> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >> >> Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret >> (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
