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June 29, 2023 at 21:42
So if the coin combination is HH then the participant will be asked their credence during the second pass? If so then you are wrong when you said "she...
June 29, 2023 at 18:39
What matters is the probability that you will be asked for your credence at least once during the experiment. In the normal problem you are certain to...
June 29, 2023 at 18:19
No they're not. I'll quote you: The lab assistant only asks for my credence if the coin combination isn't HH. If you take away this condition and so I...
June 29, 2023 at 17:46
The passer-by can see a mix of single and double-flashing fireflies. Sleeping Beauty can't. She either sees one firefly flash once or she sees one fir...
June 29, 2023 at 17:22
In your scenario there are a bunch of flashes going off in a forest and me, a passer-by, randomly sees one of them. This is comparable to a sitter bei...
June 29, 2023 at 16:54
If we apply your reasoning to the example here then we conclude that P(Heads|Awake) = 1/2, which I think is wrong. I'm less likely to wake if tails an...
June 29, 2023 at 16:37
In your example being asked your credence isn't certain. In Sleeping Beauty's it is. That's why your example isn't equivalent. Pierre-Normand also tri...
June 29, 2023 at 16:16
That's not what I said. In the Sleeping Beauty problem I am guaranteed to wake up at least once if tails and guaranteed to wake up at least once if he...
June 29, 2023 at 16:14
What matters is that in the Sleeping Beauty problem the prior probability of being asked one's credence at least once is 1 and the prior probability o...
June 29, 2023 at 16:07
If on each day the chance to escape is 1/2 then the prior probability of being given at least one chance to escape if the dice rolls 1-5 is 1/2 and if...
June 29, 2023 at 15:37
This has nothing to do with credence. I am asked to place two bets on a single future coin toss. If the coin lands heads then only the first bet is co...
June 29, 2023 at 15:24
Neither participant knows if they are A or B. She doesn't know that. If both coins land heads then she's not asked her credence.
June 29, 2023 at 15:16
These are two different problems: 1. A is woken once if heads, twice if tails 2. A is woken once if heads, A and B once each if tails In the first pro...
June 29, 2023 at 15:01
In the original problem the prior probability of being asked one's credence at least once is 1 and the prior probability of being asked one's credence...
June 29, 2023 at 14:26
I know that it is. I'm trying to show that it shouldn't be. Such reasoning is only correct where the situation is such that your outcome is randomly s...
June 29, 2023 at 14:18
Exactly. It is precisely because the prior probability of being asked at least once is 3/4 that the probability that the first coin landed heads is 1/...
June 29, 2023 at 14:13
You toss two coins and don’t ask them their credence if both land heads. That’s what makes your experiment equivalent to my second example where B isn...
June 29, 2023 at 13:06
A slightly different example. If the coin lands heads then Sleeping Beauty is woken on Monday and kept asleep on Tuesday. If the coin lands tails then...
June 29, 2023 at 12:28
This is where a realist would disagree. We can't know what's happening in the Andromeda Galaxy right now, but something is happening. Either "intellig...
June 29, 2023 at 09:07
Because of what I said before: A1. there are twice as many Tunisian walkers as Italian walkers A2. therefore, if I go out and meet at random one of th...
June 29, 2023 at 07:17
That doesn't mean that the credence isn’t transitive. My premises "fail" to account for it because it's irrelevant. A iff B P(B) = 1/2 Therefore, P(A)...
June 29, 2023 at 06:57
The argument on that page accepts that relativity of simultaneity is true but claims that "all observers’ 3D worlds are real at every event" is false ...
June 28, 2023 at 20:49
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June 28, 2023 at 20:28
We have two different experiments: 1. A is woken once if heads, twice if tails 2. A is woken once if heads, A and B once each if tails Your version of...
June 28, 2023 at 19:58
P1. If I am assigned at random either a H-interview set or a T-interview set then my interview set is equally likely to be a H-interview set P2. I am ...
June 28, 2023 at 17:08
I introduce the additional premise(s) because this is a non sequitur: A1. there are twice as many Tunisian walkers as Italian walkers A2. I am twice a...
June 28, 2023 at 14:32
We start with the mutually agreeable premise: P1) there are twice as many T-awakenings Your conclusion is: C) T-awakenings are twice as likely Obvious...
June 28, 2023 at 12:35
I believe this credence is based on fallacious reasoning as explained here. Her reasoning is: if 1) there are twice as many Tunisian walkers and if 2)...
June 28, 2023 at 12:09
Your argument is that: if 1) there are twice as many T-awakenings and if 2) I randomly select one of the awakenings then 3) it is twice as likely to b...
June 28, 2023 at 11:45
This goes back to my distinction between: 1. One should reason as if one is randomly selected from the set of all participants 2. One should reason as...
June 28, 2023 at 11:26
We have two different experiments: 1. A is woken once if heads, twice if tails 2. A is woken once if heads, both A and B once each if tails Given that...
June 28, 2023 at 10:47
These are two different sets of claims: A1. there are twice as many Tunisian-meetings because Tunisian-meetings are twice as likely A2. Tunisian-meeti...
June 28, 2023 at 10:43
This is just repeating the same thing in a different way. That there are twice as many T-awakenings just is that Sleeping Beauty is awakened twice as ...
June 28, 2023 at 10:33
I've since edited my post to make my point clearer. To repeat: In this case: 1. there are twice as many Tunisian-meetings because Tunisian-meetings ar...
June 28, 2023 at 10:05
In this case: 1. there are twice as many Tunisian-meetings because Tunisian-meetings are twice as likely 2. Tunisian-meetings are twice as likely beca...
June 28, 2023 at 09:46
I'm not seeing it. Light cones concern causal past and causal future. The Rietdijk–Putnam argument and Andromeda Paradox concern events outside the li...
June 27, 2023 at 23:06
I don't see what that has to do with the Rietdijk–Putnam argument and/or Andromeda Paradox.
June 27, 2023 at 21:26
I don't think that works. \begin{aligned}P(HInterview | HRun) &= {{P(HRun | HInterview) * P(HInterview)} \over P(HRun)}\\\\P(HInterview) &= {{P(HInter...
June 27, 2023 at 15:31
Which of these are you saying? 1. There are twice as many T-awakenings because tails is twice as likely 2. Tails is twice as likely because there are ...
June 27, 2023 at 15:25
I think you're confusing two different things here. If the expected return of a lottery ticket is greater than its cost it can be rational to buy it, ...
June 27, 2023 at 14:36
Would you not agree that this is a heads interview if and only if this is a heads experiment? If so then shouldn't one's credence that this is a heads...
June 27, 2023 at 13:56
Previously you've been saying that P(Heads) = 1/2.
June 27, 2023 at 12:58
I think Bayes’ theorem shows such thirder reasoning to be wrong. P(Unique | Heads) = {{P(Heads | Unique) * P(Unique)} \over P(Heads)} If P(Unique) = 1...
June 27, 2023 at 12:34
This is a non sequitur. See here where I discuss the suggestion that P(Monday) = 2/3. What we can say is this: P(Unique | Heads) = {{P(Heads | Unique)...
June 27, 2023 at 12:01
No. This has nothing to do with what one person sees. There are distant events happening in my present that I cannot see because they are too far away...
June 27, 2023 at 11:47
See my response to MU here.
June 27, 2023 at 10:59
Regarding Bayes' theorem: P(Heads | Monday) = {{P(Monday | Heads) * P(Heads)} \over P(Monday)} Both thirders and double-halfers will accept that P(Hea...
June 27, 2023 at 10:55
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June 27, 2023 at 08:43
So we have two different versions of the experiment: First 1. she’s put to sleep, woken up, and asked her credence in the coin toss 2. the coin is tos...
June 27, 2023 at 07:45