2+2=4+1-1, so if you think 2+2=4, you should feel bad for both overestimating and underestimating the value of 2+2 by 1.
(I think the latter is true but not relevant, and the former can be fixed with a sufficient amount of scene building, therefore is fighting the hypothetical)
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I think the former is probably true, and the later is definitely true. It's not the reader's responsibility to completely rework a thought experiment so that it is intelligible. The distinction between "this is how the situation is" and actually being in the situation.
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I think that's a super useful distinction to make in real life and most of the point of the thought experiment is to not make that distinction, so as to focus on the dilemma at hand.
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