The assumption that the creationist actually buys “creationism is true iff omega believes it’s true” is by far the weakest aspect of this scenario. As always, I just assume that Omega has some off-screen demonstration of his own trustworthiness that is Too Awesome To Show
(insert standard ‘TV Tropes is horribly addictive’ disclaimer here)
For the same reason, I’ve often wondered what a worldwide prediction market on theism would look like, if there was any possible way of providing payouts. Sadly, this is the closest I’ve seen.
The assumption that the creationist actually buys “creationism is true iff omega believes it’s true” is by far the weakest aspect of this scenario. As always, I just assume that Omega has some off-screen demonstration of his own trustworthiness that is Too Awesome To Show
(insert standard ‘TV Tropes is horribly addictive’ disclaimer here)
For the same reason, I’ve often wondered what a worldwide prediction market on theism would look like, if there was any possible way of providing payouts. Sadly, this is the closest I’ve seen.