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Matt McLelland  
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 More options Apr 1 1999, 3:00 am
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From: Matt McLelland <mat...@flash.net>
Date: 1999/04/01
Subject: Re: The Case of Sleeping Beauty
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Tim Firman wrote:

[...]

> Everyone allowed a decision is acting rationally, but the one forced to
> play (the third party / the new clone) is getting screwed over.  I don't
> see a paradox here.

True, but this isn't where the paradox lives.  The paradox (to me) lies in this
situation:

A coin is flipped 10 times in a row.
If (and only if) it comes up tails each time, then you are cloned a million times.

When you are wakened, after the possible cloning, you (and clones of you) are
asked "Were they all tails?"
If you answer correctly, you live happily.
If you answer incorrectly, you are tortured and killed.

The paradox is that thirders would answer yes to this question.  (I wouldn't - but
can't justify my decision)


 
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