[extropy-chat] Re: monty hall paradox again: reds and green gorfs

[Eliezer Yudkowsky]

Hal Finney wrote:
> 
> The problem is that the paradox as stated is simply logically impossible.
> It contains a contradiction.  And once you start with a contradiction,
> it should be no surprise that you can derive one.

I can take money from my wallet, put one-third into one envelope, and 
two-thirds into the other envelope, and flip a coin - a quantum coin, if 
need be - to decide which envelope to give you.  It is definitely 
physically possible.

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence