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I think you're starting to grasp it. The key here is that if you are dead or asleep forever, then you are not waking up to answer the question. Therefore, the s

I think you're starting to grasp it. The key here is that if you are dead or asleep forever, then you are not waking up to answer the question. Therefore, the simple fact that you are waking up brings new information to the situation -- you know for sure that you didn't flip heads.

Retra 11y ago
But in the original question, you were already guaranteed to wake up, so how does it give you any information?