ryrybang

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On This Problem Rational People Do Worse— Two boxes, one choice, and $1,000,000.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you, but in context.

  Meaning, ask me for my superpower and what I’d do with it, sure!

  But this channel makes really good science-focused content. So to present this video, which essentially requires an all knowing god-like entity, then try and break down the game theory and probabilities, just seems odd and out of their lane a bit.

  The money is the the less interesting bit, the belief in God and outcome is the more interesting one.

  If you believe the god bit and play the game:

  Take box A&B, get $1.001M: you fooled god, there is free will. Or you are the lucky 1% god can’t predict.

  Take box A&B, get $1000: you did not fool god, there is no free will.

  Take box B, get $1M: you did not fool god, there is no free will.

  Take box B, get $0: you fooled god, there is free will. Or you are the lucky 1% god can’t predict.

  If you don’t believe the god bit, then this is just some sort of con man swindle and you are only getting a max $1000 anyway.

  So I sorta view this whole thing as religious philosophy, which is why it feels weird on a science channel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On This Problem Rational People Do Worse— Two boxes, one choice, and $1,000,000.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was a pretty good video, but the supercomputer setup made me kind of meh on it compared to most of the channel’s videos.

  It isn’t really a “problem” in my mind because no such computer can or does exist (one that can predict your decision with 99% accuracy). And they hand wave away what the computer might be doing or collecting to make that decision prior to you even knowing what the problem is going to be. I don’t think you can just hand wave that away.

  So that “hypothetical supercomputer” is more like an “impossible supercomputer” which ruins this as a thought experiment part of this for me. It’s like saying all-knowing sky fairy/god/budda has made a prediction about your decision, what would you do?

  Well, I’d say I don’t believe in the sky fairy/god/budda and need evidence about the 99% success rate before proceeding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like you got it all figured out then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s often not that simple or easy, especially if someone explains they can still be impartial. The judge and defense are involved too, the prosecution doesn’t always get what they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that would be a hard requirement. If somebody can explain how they will be fair despite a negative experience with an insurance company and the prosecution is okay with it, then they can serve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would it take to make Gemini suitable to be president of the world?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no president of the world…