Re: virus: God and Level-3
Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 30 Mar 1997 04:29:33 +0100
In message <199703300240.TAA27730@maxwell.lucifer.com>, David
McFadzean <morpheus@lucifer.com> writes
>A's belief that 50 is the maximum can't be correct if B (an
>identical individual) can achieve 60.
I suppose I'm thinking that a belief can change reality
here.
>
>> Maybe person C in a parralell identical universe becomes
>> person D, the only difference between C & D is that D is deluded
>> into believing she can achieve 100 and achieves 80.
>
>No, I was assuming that C was correct in that 70 is the maximum
>achievable. This thought experiment would be easier to follow
>if you tell me what the true maximum is so we can tell whether
>someone is correct in their belief.
Ok. The true maximum equals 0.9*subject's belief.
Tony Hindle.