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> Eventually we will pull the black ball out of the urn What is this reference?
by tarr11 2y ago
> Eventually we will pull the black ball out of the urn
What is this reference?
- consumer451 2y agoSeems like it might be this? https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf
- realce 2y agohttps://mishayurchenko.me/2019/03/27/pulling-a-black-ball-from-the-urn/ https://mishayurchenko.me/2019/03/27/pulling-a-black-ball-fr...
- zero_shift 2y agoIn the 18th and 19th centuries, gentlemen's clubs would vote whether to accept a new member. Each man would secretly place a ball in an urn, either black or white. If your urn contained even one black ball, your membership was vetoed and your chances - ruined.
- realce 2y agoI had forgotten the stem of this, thank you!
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